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Pieter Folkens

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Pieter Folkens is known for Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986), White Squall (1996) and Free Willy (1993).
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    • Known for

    Walter Koenig, Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, James Doohan, DeForest Kelley, George Takei, and Nichelle Nichols in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
    Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
    7.3
    • Special Effects
    • 1986
    Ryan Phillippe, Jeff Bridges, Jason Marsden, Jeremy Sisto, Eric Michael Cole, David Lascher, and Scott Wolf in White Squall (1996)
    White Squall
    6.6
    • Special Effects
    • 1996
    Jason James Richter and Keiko in Free Willy (1993)
    Free Willy
    6.1
    • Special Effects
    • 1993
    Flipper (1996)
    Flipper
    5.4
    • Special Effects
    • 1996

    Credits

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    Special Effects

    • Matthew McConaughey and Sarah Jessica Parker in Failure to Launch (2006)
      Failure to Launch
      5.7
      • dolphin designer & sculptor (uncredited)
      • 2006
    • Jeff Goldblum, Bill Murray, Willem Dafoe, Cate Blanchett, Bud Cort, Anjelica Huston, Michael Gambon, and Owen Wilson in The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)
      The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
      7.2
      • dolphin designer & sculptor (uncredited)
      • 2004
    • The Science of Whales
      TV Movie
      • special effects
      • 1998
    • Free Willy 3: The Rescue (1997)
      Free Willy 3: The Rescue
      4.8
      • killer whales designer / sculptor (uncredited)
      • 1997
    • Steve Guttenberg, Kathleen Quinlan, George Miller, Majandra Delfino, Jessica Howell, and Miko Hughes in Zeus and Roxanne (1997)
      Zeus and Roxanne
      5.4
      • animatronic assistant: Edge Innovations
      • 1997
    • Flipper (1996)
      Flipper
      5.4
      • dolphin designer & sculptor & consultant
      • 1996
    • Ryan Phillippe, Jeff Bridges, Jason Marsden, Jeremy Sisto, Eric Michael Cole, David Lascher, and Scott Wolf in White Squall (1996)
      White Squall
      6.6
      • dolphin designer & sculptor
      • 1996
    • Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (1995)
      Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home
      5.1
      • killer whales designer / sculptor / behavior consultant
      • 1995
    • Jason James Richter and Keiko in Free Willy (1993)
      Free Willy
      6.1
      • killer whale designer & sculptor
      • 1993
    • Walter Koenig, Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, James Doohan, DeForest Kelley, George Takei, and Nichelle Nichols in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
      Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
      7.3
      • designer
      • sculptor
      • 1986

    Additional Crew

    • Crittercam (2003)
      Crittercam
      6.7
      TV Series
      • scientific collaborator / consultant
      • stock footage: Western Images
      • 2003

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    • Alternative name
      • Pieter A. Folkens
    • Other works
      (book) Illustrator for "Marine Mammals of the Pacific Northwest"

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      Renowned marine mammal illustrator.

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