Thomas Zell

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Born (1962-11-24) November 24, 1962 (age 61)
Lakewood, Ohio
OccupationSpecial Effects Artist
Years active1987-present

Thomas Zell is an American special effects artist with over 65 official filmography credits dating back to 1987. He plays a role in many of the world's most famous movies and TV Shows. Too name a few: Avengers: Endgame, Spider-Man: No Way Home, CSI: NY, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

Career

In 1991, near the beginning of Thomas' career he worked as a special effects technician on Terminator 2: Judgment Day marking it as his first movie he worked on to break half a billion in the box office. Five years later in 1996, Thomas along side co worker and friend Joe Viskocil[1] helped in the iconic scene of exploding the white house in Independence Day (1996 film)|Independence Day.[2] In that same year he took part in a now lost short documentary titled: Special Effects: Anything Can Happen[3] helping to establish him as a part of the Special Effects community. Now just two years later Thomas would happily play a part in the culturally important 1998 Godzilla (1998 film), in this film and many others Thomas worked his magic in the many miniatures seen on screen. Approaching the turn of the century in 1999 Thomas worked as a SPFX Technician in the fan favorite Inspector Gadget (film). Moving to the 21 century from 2000-2006 a few of the notable productions under his belt are as follows: Mission: Impossible 2, The Haunted Mansion (film), I, Robot (film), Robot and War of the Worlds (2005 film). Not to mention in 2004 Thomas took part in the ridiculous and hilarious film Team America: World Police.[4] Now on to 2007, for the next 10 years he would take part in many classic movies like The Avengers (2012 film), Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Star Trek Into Darkness and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 to only name a few. 2007 also marks his first involvement in a marvel studios film with the awesome debut Iron Man (2008 film)[5] film, and it would not be his last. 2017 to 2021 for Thomas would be home to the massively successful pair of films Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame.[6] The two movies went on to easily break into the top 10 most grossing films ever made.

Music Boxes

One of Thomas' jobs outside of the film production was making and crafting various annual music boxes under the billionaire and philanthropist Sam Zell.[7] Who is despite the name not related to Thomas in any way. The now discontinued production of these music boxes produced valuable, painstakingly crafted pieces. While not always taking themselves all that serious many of these works were in one way or another of a political nature, many of which including a short political commentary or even a poem from Sam Zell himself.[7]

Filmography

Year Title Role
2021 Spider-Man: No Way Home special effects technician
2021 Free Guy key technician: second unit
2021 Loki special effects technician
2021 Chaos Walking special effects technician
2021 WandaVision special effects technician
2019 Avengers: Endgame special effects foreman
2019 Captain Marvel special effects foreman
2018 Ant-Man and the Wasp special effects technician
2018 Avengers: Infinity War special effects foreman
2017 Spider-Man: Homecoming special effects foreman
2017 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 special effects technician
2016 Passengers special effects technician
2015 Ant-Man special effects technician
2015 Furious 7 special effects technician
2014 Captain America: The Winter Soldier special effects technician
2013 Star Trek Into Darkness electronic prop shop technician
2013 Iron Man 3 special effects technician
2012 The Avengers special effects technician
2011 Captain America: The First Avenger special effects technician
2010 Piranha 3D special effects technician
2009 G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra special effects technician
2009 Race to Witch Mountain special effects technician
2008 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull special effects technician
2008 Iron Man special effects technician
2007 Evan Almighty special effects technician
2006 Poseidon prop shop
2005 War of the Worlds special effects technician
2004 Team America: World Police special effects leadperson
2004 I, Robot effects technician: miniature pyrotechnic
2003 The Haunted Mansion special effects technician
2003 Looney Tunes: Back in Action special effects
2003 Intolerable Cruelty special effects technician
2002 Panic Room special effects foreman
2002 xXx effects technician: miniature pyrotechnic
2002 Star Trek: Nemesis pyro technician
2001 Bandits special effects foreman
2001 Corky Romano special effects foreman
2000 What Lies Beneath special effects
2000 Vertical Limit model shop foreman
2000 Reindeer Games effects technician: miniature pyrotechnic,

pyrotechnic assistant: miniatures

2000 Scream 3 pyrotechnician: Fantasy II Film Effects
2000 Mission: Impossible II model maker
1999 House on Haunted Hill key effects: Bellissimo/Belardinelli Effects
1999 Inspector Gadget first unit set technician
1999 Arlington Road effects technician: miniature pyrotechnic
1998 Godzilla lead special effects technician: miniatures
1998 Armageddon effects technician: miniature pyrotechnic
1997 Volcano lead lava effects foreman
1996 Independence Day effects technician: miniature pyrotechnic
1996 Special Effects: Anything Can Happen Short documentary
1995 Waterworld model maker
1995 Under Siege 2: Dark Territory model maker
1994 Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles effects technician: miniature pyrotechnic
1994 True Lies effects technician: miniature pyrotechnic
1994 The Hudsucker Proxy technician: mechanical effects
1993-

1994

Ultraman: The Ultimate Hero effects technician
1993 Return of the Living Dead III model maker
1992 Fortress chief modelmaker
1992 Mom and Dad Save the World model shop foreman
1992 Honey, I Blew Up the Kid special effects technician
1991 Suburban Commando model shop foreman
1991 If Looks Could Kill model shop foreman
1991 Terminator 2: Judgment Day special effects technician: 4-Ward Productions
1990 Tales from the Darkside: The Movie model maker
1990 Miracle Landing model shop foreman
1987 Light of Day set production assistant

References

  1. Barnes, Mike; Barnes, Mike (2014-08-12). "Joe Viskocil, Visual Effects Guru on 'Star Wars' Films, Dies at 63". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
  2. Giardina, Carolyn; Giardina, Carolyn (2016-06-24). "'Independence Day': How Visual Effects Have Dramatically Escalated Since the Original Film's Release". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
  3. "NOVA Online/Special Effects: Anything Can Happen". www.pbs.org. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
  4. "Launching a small-scale offensive". The Los Angeles Times. 2004-09-12. p. 76. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
  5. Collis, Clark; May 09, Adam B. Vary Updated; EDT, 2008 at 04:00 AM. "The success of Iron Man". EW.com. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
  6. Sims, David (2019-04-23). "'Avengers: Endgame' Is a Perfect Goodbye". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
  7. 7.0 7.1 Troianovski, Anton (2009-08-12). "Sam Zell's Holiday Gift Comes Late…and Mute". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2022-03-26.

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