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Michael Rifkin

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Michael Rifkin is known for Inception (2010), Minority Report (2002) and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014).
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    Known for

    Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Berenger, Michael Caine, Lukas Haas, Marion Cotillard, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tom Hardy, Elliot Page, Ken Watanabe, and Dileep Rao in Inception (2010)
    Inception
    8.8
    • Special Effects
    • 2010
    Tom Cruise in Minority Report (2002)
    Minority Report
    7.6
    • Special Effects
    • 2002
    Karin Konoval, Andy Serkis, Terry Notary, Nick Thurston, and Scott Lang in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)
    Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
    7.6
    • Special Effects
    • 2014
    Peter Cullen, Josh Duhamel, Shia LaBeouf, Mark Ryan, Hugo Weaving, and Megan Fox in Transformers (2007)
    Transformers
    7.1
    • Special Effects
    • 2007

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    Special Effects

    • Landman (2024)
      Landman
      8.2
      TV Series
      • special effects shop foreman
      • 2024–2025
    • 1923 (2022)
      1923
      8.3
      TV Series
      • special effects shop foreman
      • 2022
    • Yellowstone (2018)
      Yellowstone
      8.6
      TV Series
      • special effects shop foreman
      • 2018–2022
    • 1883 (2021)
      1883
      8.7
      TV Mini Series
      • special effects shop foreman
      • 2021–2022
    • Kim Dickens and Lennie James in Fear the Walking Dead (2015)
      Fear the Walking Dead
      6.8
      TV Series
      • special effects shop foreman
      • 2020
    • Benjamin Flores Jr., Jack Gore, Miya Cech, and Alessio Scalzotto in Rim of the World (2019)
      Rim of the World
      5.3
      • special effects shop foreman
      • 2019
    • John Cena, Hailee Steinfeld, and Dylan O'Brien in Bumblebee (2018)
      Bumblebee
      6.7
      • special effects technician
      • 2018
    • Josh Brolin and Benicio Del Toro in Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018)
      Sicario: Day of the Soldado
      7.1
      • special effects shop foreman
      • 2018
    • Bryce Dallas Howard and Chris Pratt in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)
      Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
      6.1
      • special effects foreman
      • 2018
    • Thad Luckinbill, Lauren Chavez-Myers, Elsa Pataky, Michael Peña, Michael Shannon, Geoff Stults, Navid Negahban, Chris Hemsworth, Allison Gabriel, Kenneth Miller, Austin Stowell, Austin Hébert, and Trevante Rhodes in 12 Strong (2018)
      12 Strong
      6.5
      • special effects shop foreman
      • 2018
    • Hugh Jackman in Logan (2017)
      Logan
      8.1
      • special effects shop foreman
      • 2017
    • Kong: Skull Island (2017)
      Kong: Skull Island
      6.7
      • special effects shop foreman
      • 2017
    • Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)
      Independence Day: Resurgence
      5.2
      • special effects shop foreman
      • 2016
    • Jamie Bell, Michael B. Jordan, Kate Mara, and Miles Teller in Fantastic Four (2015)
      Fantastic Four
      4.3
      • special effects shop foreman
      • 2015
    • Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jason Clarke, Jai Courtney, and Emilia Clarke in Terminator Genisys (2015)
      Terminator Genisys
      6.3
      • special effects foreman (uncredited)
      • 2015

    Art Department

    • Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, and Keira Knightley in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
      Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
      7.4
      • prop manufacturing tech (uncredited)
      • 2006
    • Kevin Kline and Will Smith in Wild Wild West (1999)
      Wild Wild West
      4.9
      • property maker (uncredited)
      • 1999

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      • Mike Rifkin

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