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David Pahoa(I)

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David Pahoa is known for The Darkest Minds (2018), Deepwater Horizon (2016) and Dante's Peak (1997).
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    Known for

    Skylan Brooks, Amandla Stenberg, Harris Dickinson, and Miya Cech in The Darkest Minds (2018)
    The Darkest Minds
    5.7
    • Special Effects
    • 2018
    Mark Wahlberg in Deepwater Horizon (2016)
    Deepwater Horizon
    7.1
    • Special Effects
    • 2016
    Pierce Brosnan and Linda Hamilton in Dante's Peak (1997)
    Dante's Peak
    6.0
    • Special Effects
    • 1997
    Angela Bassett, Florence Kasumba, Danai Gurira, Lupita Nyong'o, Tenoch Huerta, Alex Livinalli, Michaela Coel, Letitia Wright, Mabel Cadena, and Winston Duke in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)
    Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
    6.7
    • Special Effects(as Dave Pahoa, additional photography)
    • 2022

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    Special Effects

    • Brad Pitt and George Clooney in Wolfs (2024)
      Wolfs
      6.5
      • special effects foreman
      • 2024
    • Eddie Murphy in Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F (2024)
      Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
      6.4
      • special effects general foreman
      • 2024
    • Angela Bassett, Florence Kasumba, Danai Gurira, Lupita Nyong'o, Tenoch Huerta, Alex Livinalli, Michaela Coel, Letitia Wright, Mabel Cadena, and Winston Duke in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)
      Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
      6.7
      • special effects coordinator: additional photography (as Dave Pahoa)
      • 2022
    • The Harder They Fall (2021)
      The Harder They Fall
      6.6
      • special effects set foreman
      • 2021
    • Mick Wingert, Caleel Harris, Jeremy Ray Taylor, and Madison Iseman in Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (2018)
      Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween
      5.6
      • special effects coordinator
      • 2018
    • Skylan Brooks, Amandla Stenberg, Harris Dickinson, and Miya Cech in The Darkest Minds (2018)
      The Darkest Minds
      5.7
      • special effects coordinator
      • 2018
    • Westworld (2016)
      Westworld
      8.5
      TV Series
      • special effects foreman
      • special effects technician
      • 2016–2018
    • Jason Drucker in Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul (2017)
      Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul
      4.3
      • special effects technician
      • 2017
    • Mark Wahlberg in Deepwater Horizon (2016)
      Deepwater Horizon
      7.1
      • special effects technician
      • 2016
    • Preacher (2016)
      Preacher
      7.9
      TV Series
      • special effects foreman
      • 2016
    • George Clooney, Josh Brolin, Scarlett Johansson, Channing Tatum, and Jonah Hill in Hail, Caesar! (2016)
      Hail, Caesar!
      6.3
      • special effects technician
      • 2016
    • 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 foreman
      • 2015
    • Richard Gere, Kate Winslet, Halle Berry, Seann William Scott, Anna Faris, Hugh Jackman, Johnny Knoxville, Emma Stone, Chloë Grace Moretz, and Christopher Mintz-Plasse in Movie 43 (2013)
      Movie 43
      4.4
      • special effects coordinator (segment "The Pitch", as Dave Pahoa)
      • 2013
    • Josh Peck, Chris Hemsworth, Josh Hutcherson, Isabel Lucas, and Adrianne Palicki in Red Dawn (2012)
      Red Dawn
      5.3
      • special effects
      • 2012
    • The Cape (2011)
      The Cape
      5.7
      TV Series
      • special effects coordinator (as Dave Pahoa)
      • 2011

    Art Department

    • Jamie Lee Curtis, Josh Hartnett, LL Cool J, Jodi Lyn O'Keefe, and Michelle Williams in Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998)
      Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
      5.8
      • propmaker
      • 1998

    Additional Crew

    • Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995)
      Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
      6.8
      TV Series
      • Hawaiian advisor
      • 1997

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    • Alternative name
      • Dave Pahoa
    • Children
      • Hailey Pahoa

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