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Max Poolman(I)

  • Special Effects
  • Actor
  • Visual Effects
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Max Poolman is known for Escape Room (2019), District 9 (2009) and Escape Room: Tournament of Champions (2021).
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    • Won 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 1 win & 1 nomination total

    Known for

    Taylor Russell in Escape Room (2019)
    Escape Room
    6.4
    • Special Effects
    • 2019
    District 9 (2009)
    District 9
    7.9
    • Special Effects
    • 2009
    Holland Roden, Logan Miller, Taylor Russell, Thomas Cocquerel, and Indya Moore in Escape Room: Tournament of Champions (2021)
    Escape Room: Tournament of Champions
    5.8
    • Special Effects
    • 2021
    Matthew McConaughey, Idris Elba, and Tom Taylor in The Dark Tower (2017)
    The Dark Tower
    5.6
    • Special Effects
    • 2017

    Credits

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    Special Effects

    • Girl on the Run: The Hunt for America's Most Wanted Woman
      • drama recre - special effects
      • Released
      • TV Series
      • 2026
    • Charles Manson in Conversations with a Killer: The Charles Manson Tapes (2026)
      Conversations with a Killer: The Charles Manson Tapes
      6.7
      TV Mini Series
      • SFX supervisor
      • 2026
    • David: King of Israel (2026)
      David: King of Israel
      5.8
      TV Mini Series
      • special effects supervisor
      • 2026
    • Girl on the Run: The Hunt for America's Most Wanted Woman (2026)
      Girl on the Run: The Hunt for America's Most Wanted Woman
      6.4
      TV Series
      • drama recre: special effects
      • 2026
    • Disaster at Sea: The Piper Alpha Story (2025)
      Disaster at Sea: The Piper Alpha Story
      7.9
      TV Mini Series
      • SFX supervisor: drama unit
      • 2025
    • Wanted: Dead or Alive (2025)
      Wanted: Dead or Alive
      6.8
      TV Series
      • special effects supervisor
      • 2025
    • Idris Elba in Beast (2022)
      Beast
      5.6
      • special effects supervisor
      • 2022
    • Holland Roden, Logan Miller, Taylor Russell, Thomas Cocquerel, and Indya Moore in Escape Room: Tournament of Champions (2021)
      Escape Room: Tournament of Champions
      5.8
      • special effects supervisor
      • 2021
    • Milla Jovovich and Tony Jaa in Monster Hunter (2020)
      Monster Hunter
      5.2
      • special effects supervisor
      • 2020
    • Deep Blue Sea 3 (2020)
      Deep Blue Sea 3
      4.7
      Video
      • special effects supervisor
      • 2020
    • Emma, Paul, Daniel, Brian, and James in The Old Age Sword: The Movie (2020)
      The Old Age Sword: The Movie
      Video
      • special effect buyer
      • 2020
    • Taylor Russell in Escape Room (2019)
      Escape Room
      6.4
      • special effects supervisor
      • 2019
    • Origin (2018)
      Origin
      7.0
      TV Series
      • special effects supervisor
      • 2018
    • Danielle Savre in Deep Blue Sea 2 (2018)
      Deep Blue Sea 2
      3.5
      Video
      • special effects supervisor
      • 2018
    • Alicia Vikander in Tomb Raider (2018)
      Tomb Raider
      6.3
      • special effects supervisor
      • 2018
    • Matthew McConaughey, Idris Elba, and Tom Taylor in The Dark Tower (2017)
      The Dark Tower
      5.6
      • special effects supervisor
      • 2017

    Actor

    • Sharlto Copley in Chappie (2015)
      Chappie
      6.8
      • Hippo's Thug
      • 2015

    Visual Effects

    • Go Africa: Skyboy and the Woman of Honor (2025)
      Go Africa: Skyboy and the Woman of Honor
      8.2
      • SFX supervisor
      • 2025

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