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Kyle Winkelman

  • Visual Effects
  • Animation Department
  • Director
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Kyle Winkelman is known for Pacific Rim (2013), Jurassic World (2015) and Kong: Skull Island (2017).
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 5 nominations total

    Known for

    Pacific Rim (2013)
    Pacific Rim
    6.9
    • Visual Effects
    • 2013
    Chris Pratt in Jurassic World (2015)
    Jurassic World
    6.9
    • Visual Effects
    • 2015
    Kong: Skull Island (2017)
    Kong: Skull Island
    6.7
    • Visual Effects
    • 2017
    Battleship (2012)
    Battleship
    5.8
    • Visual Effects
    • 2012

    Credits

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    Visual Effects

    • Pedro Pascal, Steve Blum, and Jeremy Allen White in Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu (2026)
      Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu
      6.8
      • previsualization supervisor: ILM
      • 2026
    • Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi and Elle Fanning in Predator: Badlands (2025)
      Predator: Badlands
      7.2
      • lead digital artist: ILM
      • 2025
    • Invasion (2021)
      Invasion
      6.2
      TV Series
      • previsualization supervisor: ILM
      • 2025
    • Wyatt Russell, David Harbour, Olga Kurylenko, Sebastian Stan, Hannah John-Kamen, and Florence Pugh in Thunderbolts* (2025)
      Thunderbolts*
      7.1
      • visual effects department supervisor: ILM
      • 2025
    • Martin Klebba, Chris Pratt, Alan Tudyk, Anthony Mackie, Devyn Dalton, and Millie Bobby Brown in The Electric State (2025)
      The Electric State
      5.9
      • digital artist: ILM
      • 2025
    • Harrison Ford, Giancarlo Esposito, Anthony Mackie, Shira Haas, and Danny Ramirez in Captain America: Brave New World (2025)
      Captain America: Brave New World
      5.6
      • digital artist: ILM
      • 2025
    • Walker Scobell, Aryan Simhadri, and Leah Sava' Jeffries in Percy Jackson and the Olympians (2023)
      Percy Jackson and the Olympians
      7.0
      TV Series
      • digital artist: ILM
      • 2024
    • Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames, Esai Morales, Rebecca Ferguson, Simon Pegg, Hayley Atwell, Pom Klementieff, and Vanessa Kirby in Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)
      Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
      7.6
      • previsualisation supervisor: ILM (uncredited)
      • 2023
    • Antonio Banderas, Harrison Ford, Mads Mikkelsen, Ethann Isidore, Boyd Holbrook, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, and Shaunette Renée Wilson in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023)
      Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
      6.5
      • digital artist supervisor: ILM
      • 2023
    • Bob Bergen, Jeff Bergman, Gabriel Iglesias, Fred Tatasciore, Eric Bauza, LeBron James, and Zendaya in Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021)
      Space Jam: A New Legacy
      4.5
      • previsualization supervisor: ILM
      • 2021
    • Carl Weathers, Giancarlo Esposito, Pedro Pascal, Shirley Henderson, Paul Sun-Hyung Lee, Katee Sackhoff, Amy Sedaris, Omid Abtahi, Emily Swallow, and Katy O'Brian in The Mandalorian (2019)
      The Mandalorian
      8.6
      TV Series
      • animator
      • 2020
    • Linda Hamilton, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Natalia Reyes, Gabriel Luna, and Mackenzie Davis in Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)
      Terminator: Dark Fate
      6.2
      • digital artist: ILM
      • 2019
    • Will Smith, Alan Tudyk, Navid Negahban, Numan Acar, Marwan Kenzari, Naomi Scott, Mena Massoud, Adam Alzoubi, and Nathaniel Ellul in Aladdin (2019)
      Aladdin
      6.9
      • lead animator: ILM
      • 2019
    • Brie Larson in Captain Marvel (2019)
      Captain Marvel
      6.7
      • animator: ILM
      • 2019
    • John Cena, Hailee Steinfeld, and Dylan O'Brien in Bumblebee (2018)
      Bumblebee
      6.7
      • animator: ILM
      • 2018

    Animation Department

    • Christopher Sean in Ultraman: Rising (2024)
      Ultraman: Rising
      6.9
      • layout supervisor: ILM
      • 2024
    • Frank Welker in Transformers: The Ride - 3D (2011)
      Transformers: The Ride - 3D
      7.7
      Video
      • animator: ILM
      • 2011
    • Gunner Wright in Dead Space 2 (2011)
      Dead Space 2
      8.8
      Video Game
      • animator
      • 2011
    • Dante's Inferno (2010)
      Dante's Inferno
      7.6
      Video Game
      • animator
      • 2010
    • Dead Space (2008)
      Dead Space
      8.8
      Video Game
      • animator
      • 2008
    • S.A.M.
      Short
      • animator
      • 2003

    Director

    • S.A.M.
      Short
      • Director
      • 2003

    Personal details

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    • Alternative name
      • Kyle Winkleman

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