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Richard Schwalm

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Richard Schwalm is known for Avatar: The Way of Water (2022), The Island (2005) and Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011).
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    Known for

    CCH Pounder, Edie Falco, Brendan Cowell, Joel David Moore, Zoe Saldaña, Sam Worthington, Bailey Bass, and Britain Dalton in Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
    Avatar: The Way of Water
    7.5
    • Special Effects
    • 2022
    Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson in The Island (2005)
    The Island
    6.8
    • Special Effects
    • 2005
    Peter Cullen, Shia LaBeouf, and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley in Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
    Transformers: Dark of the Moon
    6.2
    • Special Effects
    • 2011
    Brad Pitt, Hiroyuki Sanada, Michael Shannon, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Joey King, Brian Tyree Henry, Andrew Koji, Zazie Beetz, and Bad Bunny in Bullet Train (2022)
    Bullet Train
    7.3
    • Special Effects
    • 2022

    Credits

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    Special Effects

    • Jason 'Wee Man' Acuña, Dave England, Johnny Knoxville, Ehren McGhehey, Chris Pontius, Steve-O, and Preston Lacy in Jackass: Best and Last (2026)
      Jackass: Best and Last
      6.2
      • special effects technician
      • 2026
    • Angela Bassett, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Kenneth Choi, Aisha Hinds, Oliver Stark, and Ryan Guzman in 9-1-1 (2018)
      9-1-1
      7.9
      TV Series
      • special effects coordinator
      • 2024–2025
    • Chris Evans and Ana de Armas in Ghosted (2023)
      Ghosted
      5.8
      • special effects coordinator (uncredited)
      • 2023
    • CCH Pounder, Edie Falco, Brendan Cowell, Joel David Moore, Zoe Saldaña, Sam Worthington, Bailey Bass, and Britain Dalton in Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
      Avatar: The Way of Water
      7.5
      • special effects coordinator
      • 2022
    • Snoop Dogg, Jamie Foxx, Meagan Good, Karla Souza, Dave Franco, and Natasha Liu Bordizzo in Day Shift (2022)
      Day Shift
      6.1
      • special effects coordinator
      • 2022
    • Brad Pitt, Hiroyuki Sanada, Michael Shannon, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Joey King, Brian Tyree Henry, Andrew Koji, Zazie Beetz, and Bad Bunny in Bullet Train (2022)
      Bullet Train
      7.3
      • special effects foreman
      • 2022
    • Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Eréndira Ibarra, Jessica Henwick, and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II in The Matrix Resurrections (2021)
      The Matrix Resurrections
      5.6
      • special effects foreman
      • special effects rigging foreman
      • 2021
    • Jack Black, Kevin Hart, Dwayne Johnson, and Karen Gillan in Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017)
      Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
      6.9
      • pyrotechnic effects
      • 2017
    • Tom Hanks in Sully (2016)
      Sully
      7.4
      • special effects
      • 2016
    • Leonardo DiCaprio in The Revenant (2015)
      The Revenant
      8.0
      • special effects
      • 2015
    • Samuel L. Jackson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Michael Madsen, Tim Roth, Kurt Russell, Bruce Dern, Demián Bichir, and Walton Goggins in The Hateful Eight (2015)
      The Hateful Eight
      7.8
      • special effects
      • 2015
    • Wesley Snipes, Philip Winchester, and Charity Wakefield in The Player (2015)
      The Player
      6.9
      TV Series
      • special effects technician
      • 2015
    • Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Sports 2015 (2015)
      Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Sports 2015
      8.8
      TV Special
      • special effects technician (as Richie Schwalm)
      • 2015
    • Bradley Cooper in American Sniper (2014)
      American Sniper
      7.3
      • special effects technician
      • 2014
    • Jennifer Garner, Steve Carell, Kerris Dorsey, Dylan Minnette, Ed Oxenbould, Elise Vargas, and Zoey Vargas in Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (2014)
      Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
      6.2
      • special effects technician
      • 2014

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      • Richie Schwalm

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