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Michael Vanbelle

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  • Stunts
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Michael Vanbelle
Michael Vanbelle is known for Avatar: The Way of Water (2022), Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) and War Machine (2026).
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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
    • Stunts
    • 2022
    Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Zoe Saldaña, Sam Worthington, Oona Chaplin, Jack Champion, and Britain Dalton in Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025)
    Avatar: Fire and Ash
    7.2
    • Stunts
    • 2025
    Alan Ritchson in War Machine (2026)
    War Machine
    6.3
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    • 2026
    Hera Hilmar in Mortal Engines (2018)
    Mortal Engines
    6.1
    • Transportation Department
    • 2018

    Credits

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    Camera and Electrical Department

    • Heart of the Beast
      • grip
      • Completed
      • 2026
    • Tom Hiddleston and Genden Phuntsok in Tenzing (2026)
      Tenzing
      • dolly grip
      • 2026
    • Alan Ritchson in War Machine (2026)
      War Machine
      6.3
      • company grip: New Zealand unit
      • 2026
    • Let's Settle This! (2025)
      Let's Settle This!
      Short
      • key grip
      • 2025
    • Heart Eyes (2025)
      Heart Eyes
      6.0
      • senior grip
      • 2025
    • Matilda Firth and Julia Garner in Wolf Man (2025)
      Wolf Man
      5.6
      • senior grip
      • 2025
    • Rachel Griffiths, Moana Johnson, Johanna Cosgrove, and Ariana Osborne in Madam (2024)
      Madam
      6.8
      TV Series
      • grip: additional
      • 2024
    • Elijah Wood and Nell Fisher in Bookworm (2024)
      Bookworm
      6.1
      • grip
      • 2024
    • Sweet Tooth (2021)
      Sweet Tooth
      7.7
      TV Series
      • senior grip
      • best boy
      • 2021–2024
    • Neill Rea and Fern Sutherland in The Brokenwood Mysteries (2014)
      The Brokenwood Mysteries
      7.9
      TV Series
      • grip: additional
      • 2024
    • Dark City: The Cleaner (2024)
      Dark City: The Cleaner
      6.9
      TV Series
      • best boy
      • 2024
    • Taika Waititi and Rhys Darby in Our Flag Means Death (2022)
      Our Flag Means Death
      7.7
      TV Series
      • grip
      • 2023
    • Hunter Deno and Tessa Rao in Power Rangers Cosmic Fury (2023)
      Power Rangers Cosmic Fury
      7.1
      TV Series
      • grip
      • 2023
    • No Exit (2022)
      No Exit
      6.2
      • dolly grip b camera (as Mike Van Belle)
      • 2022
    • Marianly Tejada, Cooper van Grootel, Annalisa Cochrane, and Chibuikem Uche in One of Us Is Lying (2021)
      One of Us Is Lying
      6.9
      TV Series
      • grip
      • 2021
    • Russell Curry, Hunter Deno, Tessa Rao, Chance Perez, and Kainalu Moya in Power Rangers Dino Fury (2021)
      Power Rangers Dino Fury
      6.5
      TV Series
      • grip
      • 2021

    Stunts

    • Colonial Combat 2
      • stunt performer
      • Post-production
      • TV Series
    • Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Zoe Saldaña, Sam Worthington, Oona Chaplin, Jack Champion, and Britain Dalton in Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025)
      Avatar: Fire and Ash
      7.2
      • stunt performer
      • 2025
    • 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
      • stunts
      • 2022
    • John Cho, Mustafa Shakir, and Daniella Pineda in Cowboy Bebop (2021)
      Cowboy Bebop
      6.7
      TV Series
      • utility stunts
      • stunt double
      • stunt performer
      • 2021
    • Mike Minogue and Karen O'Leary in Wellington Paranormal (2018)
      Wellington Paranormal
      7.6
      TV Series
      • safety officer
      • stunt performer (as Mike Vanbelle, as Mike Vanbelle)
      • 2019–2021
    • Travis Fimmel in Vikings (2013)
      Vikings
      8.5
      TV Series
      • stunt performer
      • 2019–2020
    • Zealandia (2020)
      Zealandia
      5.5
      Short
      • utility stunts
      • 2020
    • Mark Hadlow, Te Ohorere Reneti, and Erroll Anderson in Colonial Combat (2019)
      Colonial Combat
      TV Series
      • stunt performer
      • 2019
    • Daniel Radcliffe in Guns Akimbo (2019)
      Guns Akimbo
      6.3
      • stunt performer
      • 2019
    • The Men Who Built America: Frontiersmen (2018)
      The Men Who Built America: Frontiersmen
      8.0
      TV Mini Series
      • stunt performer (2016)
      • 2018

    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • Daniel Radcliffe in Guns Akimbo (2019)
      Guns Akimbo
      6.3
      • third assistant director
      • 2019
    • Ivana Baquero, Austin Butler, and Poppy Drayton in The Shannara Chronicles (2016)
      The Shannara Chronicles
      7.1
      TV Series
      • third assistant director
      • 2017

    Personal details

    • Alternative names
      • Mike Van Belle
    • Height
      • 6′ (1.83 m)

    Self-verified on IMDbPro

    • Gender / Gender identity
      • Male
    • Pronouns
      • he/him

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    • Trivia
      With a military background and an arsenal of skills, licenses and an impressive stunt and safety background. Mike brings his experience to set from large scale productions and local smaller scale productions.

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