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John McLeod(III)

  • Special Effects
  • Visual Effects
  • Stunts
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John McLeod is known for Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), Starship Troopers (1997) and Atlas (2024).
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 3 nominations total

    Known for

    Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, and Keira Knightley in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
    Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
    8.1
    • Visual Effects
    • 2003
    Dina Meyer and Casper Van Dien in Starship Troopers (1997)
    Starship Troopers
    7.3
    • Special Effects
    • 1997
    Jennifer Lopez, Mark Strong, Sterling K. Brown, Greg Cohan, and Simu Liu in Atlas (2024)
    Atlas
    5.7
    • Special Effects
    • 2024
    Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams, and Riz Ahmed in Venom (2018)
    Venom
    6.6
    • Special Effects
    • 2018

    Credits

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    Special Effects

    • Splash City (2026)
      Splash City
      5.6
      • special effects coordinator
      • 2026
    • Jennifer Lopez, Mark Strong, Sterling K. Brown, Greg Cohan, and Simu Liu in Atlas (2024)
      Atlas
      5.7
      • special effects foreman
      • 2024
    • I'm a Virgo (2023)
      I'm a Virgo
      7.1
      TV Series
      • special effects coordinator
      • 2023
    • Jacques Colimon and Grace Kaufman in The Sky Is Everywhere (2022)
      The Sky Is Everywhere
      5.6
      • special effects coordinator
      • 2022
    • Woody Harrelson, Marco Beltrami, Avi Arad, Maryann Brandon, Rocky Capella, Amanda Foster, Christopher Godwin, Stephen Graham, Tom Hardy, Naomie Harris, Gary A. Hecker, Hutch Parker, Alejandra Lazcano, Peggy Lu, Kelly Marcel, Rosie Marcel, Robert Richardson, Stan Salfas, Oliver Scholl, Andy Serkis, Reece Shearsmith, J.K. Simmons, Matt Tolmach, Tony Vella, Sian Webber, Michelle Williams, Stewart Alexander, Sandra Osborne, Brian Copeland, Charlie Fiske, Owen Benito, Eugene Magana, Miguel Angel Arreguin, Shakil Hussain, Lisa Lian, Olumide Olorunfemi, Amir Hamza, Cher Myra, Skip Howland, Joseph Walters, Erwin Rome, Tony Hunt, David Stokes, Alexander Garcia, Ana Zab, Paolo Alessio Pavone, Amy Pascal, Reid Scott, Kieran Simon, Adria Dinev, Ed Chidley, Joshua Eldridge-Smith, Tiffanie Thomas, Kristen Simoes, Shaliz Afshar, Che Amaro, Clément Osty, Carlos Damasceno, Fiona Burt, Kelvin Lang, Sarah Hussain, Tyrone Reid, James D. Weston II, David Zepeda, Eugene Lin, Akilbek Allan, Shane Steyn, Donovan Patrick Walsh, Laurence Spellman, Obie Matthew, Sam Robinson, Akie Kotabe, Amrou Al-Kadhi, Vaughn Johseph, Michael Andrew Reed, Jeff Redlick, Didier Dell Benjamin, Cabran E. Chamberlain, Anya Fuchs, Scroobius Pip, Michelle Greenidge, Frank Scozzari, Ed Moy, Richard Price, Little Simz, Sonny Ashbourne Serkis, Tom Holland, Etienne Vick, Beau Sargent, Rodrig Andrisan, John Lobato, Aurore Swithenbank, Ed Kear, Timothy A. Slater, Steve Warky Nunez, Louis J Rhone, Otis Winston, Larry Olubamiwo, Benito M. Selim, Simon Connolly, Andrew Koponen, Chabris Napier-Lawrence, Rachel Handshaw, Cynthia Acosta, Cynthia Naylor Smyth, Rick Richardson, Jessie Vinning, Jason McNab, Rob Bowen, Adam Basil, Ashlen Aquila, Elliot Cable, Greg Lockett, Emma Lau, Jamal Ajala, Michael Kennedy, Andzelika Bobrova, William W. Barbour, Sean Delaney, Feizal Mowlabocus, Jack Bandeira, Rachel Thurow, Leigh Hutchinson, Oliver Stockwell, Eric Sigmundsson, Sean Michael McGrory, Jose Palma, Kenny Lorenzetti, Amber Sienna, Alfredo Tavares, Storm Stewart, Mel Powell, Christian Harris Neeman, and Ruth Clarson in Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021)
      Venom: Let There Be Carnage
      5.9
      • special effects coordinator: San Francisco
      • 2021
    • Tim Roth, Michelle Yeoh, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Benedict Wong, Meng'er Zhang, Simu Liu, Awkwafina, and Florian Munteanu in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)
      Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
      7.3
      • local special effects coordinator: San Francisco
      • 2021
    • Helen Hunt, Atticus Woodward, Benjamin Earl Turner, Rafael Casal, Jaylen Barron, Jasmine Cephas Jones, and Candace Nicholas-Lippman in Blindspotting (2021)
      Blindspotting
      6.6
      TV Series
      • special effects coordinator: Oakland
      • 2021
    • Mad God (2021)
      Mad God
      6.8
      • special effects coordinator
      • 2021
    • Dylan Minnette and Katherine Langford in 13 Reasons Why (2017)
      13 Reasons Why
      7.4
      TV Series
      • special effects coordinator
      • 2018–2020
    • Rachel Dratch, Ana Gasteyer, Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph, Emily Spivey, and Paula Pell in Wine Country (2019)
      Wine Country
      5.5
      • special effects coordinator: Napa
      • 2019
    • Brit Marling in The OA (2016)
      The OA
      7.8
      TV Series
      • special effects supervisor: San Francisco
      • 2019
    • Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams, and Riz Ahmed in Venom (2018)
      Venom
      6.6
      • local special effects coordinator: main unit, San Francisco
      • special effects technician: San Francisco
      • 2018
    • Steve Carell, Timothée Chalamet, and Jack Dylan Grazer in Beautiful Boy (2018)
      Beautiful Boy
      7.4
      • special effects: San Francisco
      • 2018
    • Bae Doona, Max Riemelt, Brian J. Smith, Miguel Ángel Silvestre, Tuppence Middleton, Tina Desai, Jamie Clayton, and Toby Onwumere in Sense8 (2015)
      Sense8
      8.2
      TV Series
      • special effects coordinator
      • special effects coordinator: San Francisco
      • 2015–2018
    • Gretchen Mol and Hugh Laurie in Chance (2016)
      Chance
      7.5
      TV Series
      • special effects coordinator
      • 2016

    Visual Effects

    • Terminator Salvation (2009)
      Terminator Salvation
      6.5
      • special effects technician: Kerner Optical
      • 2009
    • Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, and Keira Knightley in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
      Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
      8.1
      • stage technician: ILM
      • 2003
    • Bruce Willis in Die Hard 2 (1990)
      Die Hard 2
      7.2
      • special effects coordinator: ILM
      • 1990
    • Wilford Brimley, Warwick Davis, Aubree Miller, Siân Phillips, and Carel Struycken in Ewoks: The Battle for Endor (1985)
      Ewoks: The Battle for Endor
      5.4
      TV Movie
      • special effects coordinator: ILM
      • 1985
    • Explorers (1985)
      Explorers
      6.4
      • stage technician
      • 1985
    • Warwick Davis, Fionnula Flanagan, Guy Boyd, Aubree Miller, and Eric Walker in The Ewok Adventure (1984)
      The Ewok Adventure
      5.3
      TV Movie
      • special effects coordinator: ILM
      • 1984
    • Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Amrish Puri, and Ke Huy Quan in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
      Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
      7.5
      • stage technician: ILM
      • 1984
    • Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, James Earl Jones, Warwick Davis, David Prowse, Billy Dee Williams, Michael Carter, and Larry Ward in Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
      Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
      8.3
      • stage technician: ILM
      • 1983
    • Kirstie Alley, Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, and Ricardo Montalban in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
      Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
      7.7
      • stage technician: ILM (as John McCleod)
      • 1982
    • Henry Thomas and Pat Welsh in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
      E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
      7.9
      • stage technician: ILM (as John McCleod)
      • 1982
    • Heather O'Rourke in Poltergeist (1982)
      Poltergeist
      7.3
      • stage technician: ILM (as John McCleod)
      • 1982
    • Peter MacNicol and Caitlin Clarke in Dragonslayer (1981)
      Dragonslayer
      6.6
      • effects technician: ILM (as John McCleod)
      • 1981
    • Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, Wolf Kahler, Ronald Lacey, and Terry Richards in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
      Raiders of the Lost Ark
      8.4
      • stage technician: ILM (as John McCleod)
      • 1981

    Stunts

    • Bruce Willis, Mickey Rourke, Josh Brolin, Jessica Alba, Rosario Dawson, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Eva Green in Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014)
      Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
      6.5
      • stunts
      • 2014
    • William H. Macy, James Spader, Jon Cryer, Leslie Mann, Kat Dennings, Trevor Gagnon, Devon Gearhart, Jimmy Bennett, Leo Howard, Rebel Rodriguez, Jolie Vanier, and Jake Short in Shorts (2009)
      Shorts
      4.8
      • stunts
      • 2009
    • John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton, Cate Blanchett, and Angelina Jolie in Pushing Tin (1999)
      Pushing Tin
      6.0
      • stunts
      • 1999
    • Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)
      Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
      5.5
      • stunt rigger: Yosemite climbing sequence (as John McCloud)
      • 1989
    • Madeleine Stowe and John Shea in The Nativity (1978)
      The Nativity
      6.4
      TV Movie
      • stunt performer
      • 1978

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    Featurette 0:44
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    Blu-ray Villains Montage
    Featurette 0:27
    Blu-ray Villains Montage
    Blu-ray Cars Montage
    Featurette 1:08
    Blu-ray Cars Montage

    Personal details

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      • John McCleod

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