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Michael Saunders(V)

  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Production Department
  • Camera and Electrical Department
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Michael Saunders is known for The Matrix Resurrections (2021), Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014) and Cell (2016).
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      • 1 nomination total

    Known for

    Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Eréndira Ibarra, Jessica Henwick, and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II in The Matrix Resurrections (2021)
    The Matrix Resurrections
    5.6
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director
    • 2021
    Mark Wahlberg, Peter Cullen, Nicola Peltz Beckham, and Jack Reynor in Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)
    Transformers: Age of Extinction
    5.6
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director
    • 2014
    John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson in Cell (2016)
    Cell
    4.5
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director
    • 2016
    Battleship (2012)
    Battleship
    5.8
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director(as Mike Saunders)
    • 2012

    Credits

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    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Joel McHale, Chris Parnell, RuPaul, Symone, Brian Jordan Alvarez, Jujubee, Matt Rogers, Ginger Minj, and Marcia Marcia Marcia in Stop! That! Train! (2026)
      Stop! That! Train!
      5.8
      • first assistant director
      • 2026
    • Susan Sarandon, Elpidia Carrillo, Damián Alcázar, Adriana Barraza, George Lopez, Raoul Max Trujillo, Bruna Marquezine, Harvey Guillén, Xolo Maridueña, and Belissa Escobedo in Blue Beetle (2023)
      Blue Beetle
      5.9
      • first assistant director
      • 2023
    • Gerard Butler in Kandahar (2023)
      Kandahar
      6.1
      • first assistant director
      • 2023
    • The Artist Mercy: Going Down (2021)
      The Artist Mercy: Going Down
      Music Video
      • second assistant director
      • 2021
    • Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Eréndira Ibarra, Jessica Henwick, and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II in The Matrix Resurrections (2021)
      The Matrix Resurrections
      5.6
      • second assistant director
      • 2021
    • National Champions (2021)
      National Champions
      5.7
      • first assistant director
      • 2021
    • Gerard Butler, Morena Baccarin, and Roger Dale Floyd in Greenland (2020)
      Greenland
      6.4
      • second assistant director
      • 2020
    • Ryan Reynolds, Mélanie Laurent, Dave Franco, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Corey Hawkins, Ben Hardy, and Adria Arjona in 6 Underground (2019)
      6 Underground
      6.1
      • first assistant director
      • 2019
    • Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Abigail Breslin, and Emma Stone in Zombieland: Double Tap (2019)
      Zombieland: Double Tap
      6.6
      • second assistant director
      • 2019
    • Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson in True Detective (2014)
      True Detective
      8.8
      TV Series
      • second assistant director
      • 2019
    • Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams, and Riz Ahmed in Venom (2018)
      Venom
      6.6
      • second assistant director
      • 2018
    • Don Cheadle, Robert Downey Jr., Josh Brolin, Vin Diesel, Paul Bettany, Bradley Cooper, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Elizabeth Olsen, Chris Pratt, Mark Ruffalo, Zoe Saldaña, Benedict Wong, Anthony Mackie, Chris Hemsworth, Dave Bautista, Benedict Cumberbatch, Chadwick Boseman, Sebastian Stan, Danai Gurira, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff, Letitia Wright, and Tom Holland in Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
      Avengers: Infinity War
      8.4
      • second second assistant director
      • 2018
    • Anthony Hopkins, Mark Wahlberg, Erik Aadahl, Jim Carter, Peter Cullen, Laura Haddock, and Isabela Merced in Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)
      Transformers: The Last Knight
      5.2
      • second second assistant director
      • 2017
    • 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
      • second second assistant director
      • 2017
    • Kevin Spacey, Jamie Foxx, Jon Hamm, Eiza González, Lily James, and Ansel Elgort in Baby Driver (2017)
      Baby Driver
      7.5
      • second second assistant director: second unit
      • 2017

    Production Department

    • Daniel Craig in Cowboys & Aliens (2011)
      Cowboys & Aliens
      6.0
      • production assistant
      • 2011
    • Aaron Eckhart in Battle Los Angeles (2011)
      Battle Los Angeles
      5.7
      • set production assistant
      • 2011
    • Dwayne Johnson in Faster (2010)
      Faster
      6.4
      • set production assistant
      • 2010
    • Don Cheadle, Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Mickey Rourke, and Scarlett Johansson in Iron Man 2 (2010)
      Iron Man 2
      6.9
      • set production assistant
      • 2010
    • Emmanuelle Chriqui and Justin Long in Taking Chances (2009)
      Taking Chances
      4.4
      • production assistant
      • 2009
    • Osric Chau in 2012 (2009)
      2012
      5.9
      • set production assistant: Los Angeles
      • 2009
    • Peter Cullen, Shia LaBeouf, and Megan Fox in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
      Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
      6.0
      • set production assistant
      • 2009
    • Robert Downey Jr. and Jamie Foxx in The Soloist (2009)
      The Soloist
      6.7
      • production assistant (as Michael E. Saunders)
      • 2009
    • Alison Lohman in Drag Me to Hell (2009)
      Drag Me to Hell
      6.6
      • production assistant
      • 2009
    • Paul Rudd and Jason Segel in I Love You, Man (2009)
      I Love You, Man
      7.0
      • production assistant (uncredited)
      • 2009
    • Jason Clarke and Paz Vega in The Human Contract (2008)
      The Human Contract
      5.0
      • production assistant
      • 2008
    • Jeff Bridges, Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, and Terrence Howard in Iron Man (2008)
      Iron Man
      7.9
      • production assistant
      • 2008
    • Shedrack Anderson III, Glenn Morshower, Kavan Reece, Randy Wayne, Jelynn Sophia, Zulay Henao, Julie Skon, Emily Baldoni, and Trevor Peterson in Grizzly Park (2008)
      Grizzly Park
      4.0
      • production assistant
      • 2008
    • Jeffrey Jones, Big Boi, Tony Cox, Faizon Love, Susan Ward, and Andy Milonakis in Who's Your Caddy? (2007)
      Who's Your Caddy?
      2.3
      • set production assistant
      • 2007
    • Sylvester Stallone in Rocky Balboa (2006)
      Rocky Balboa
      7.1
      • production assistant
      • 2006

    Camera and Electrical Department

    • Subterano (2003)
      Subterano
      3.9
      • electrics: Melbourne unit
      • 2003

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      • Michael E. Saunders

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