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James Balsam

  • Visual Effects
  • Actor
  • Cinematographer
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James Balsam is known for Armageddon (1998), Predator (1987) and Independence Day (1996).
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    Known for

    Liv Tyler, Bruce Willis, and Ben Affleck in Armageddon (1998)
    Armageddon
    6.7
    • Visual Effects(as Jim Balsam, motion control second unit, DQI)
    • 1998
    Arnold Schwarzenegger in Predator (1987)
    Predator
    7.8
    • Visual Effects
    • 1987
    Independence Day (1996)
    Independence Day
    7.0
    • Visual Effects(visual effects motion control unit)
    • 1996
    Deep Rising (1998)
    Deep Rising
    6.1
    • Visual Effects(as Jim Balsam, motion control stage, Dream Quest Images)
    • 1998

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    Visual Effects

    • John Travolta, Don Cheadle, Halle Berry, and Hugh Jackman in Swordfish (2001)
      Swordfish
      6.5
      • motion control camera operator
      • 2001
    • Promo Poster
      Gone in 60 Seconds
      6.5
      • motion control camera operator
      • 2000
    • Russell Crowe and Al Pacino in The Insider (1999)
      The Insider
      7.8
      • motion control camera operator
      • 1999
    • Matthew Broderick and Rupert Everett in Inspector Gadget (1999)
      Inspector Gadget
      4.2
      • motion control camera operator: second unit, DQI (as Jim Balsam)
      • 1999
    • Liv Tyler, Bruce Willis, and Ben Affleck in Armageddon (1998)
      Armageddon
      6.7
      • mc programmer: motion control second unit, DQI (as Jim Balsam)
      • 1998
    • Deep Rising (1998)
      Deep Rising
      6.1
      • motion control operator: motion control stage, Dream Quest Images
      • motion control programmer: motion control stage, Dream Quest Images (as Jim Balsam)
      • 1998
    • Robin Williams and Scott Martin Gershin in Flubber (1997)
      Flubber
      5.3
      • motion control camera operator
      • 1997
    • Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, John Malkovich, and Ving Rhames in Con Air (1997)
      Con Air
      6.9
      • motion control camera operator (uncredited)
      • 1997
    • Independence Day (1996)
      Independence Day
      7.0
      • motion control camera operator: visual effects motion control unit
      • 1996
    • Jim Carrey, Tommy Lee Jones, Nicole Kidman, Val Kilmer, and Chris O'Donnell in Batman Forever (1995)
      Batman Forever
      5.4
      • visual effects camera operator
      • 1995
    • Sharon Stone and Gene Hackman in The Quick and the Dead (1995)
      The Quick and the Dead
      6.5
      • motion control programmer
      • 1995
    • Almost Dead (1994)
      Almost Dead
      4.6
      • motion control programmer
      • 1994
    • Arnold Schwarzenegger and Austin O'Brien in Last Action Hero (1993)
      Last Action Hero
      6.5
      • motion control camera operator (uncredited)
      • 1993
    • The Abyss (1989)
      The Abyss
      7.5
      • motion control camera operator (uncredited)
      • 1989
    • Julian Sands in Warlock (1989)
      Warlock
      6.2
      • motion control camera operator: DQI (uncredited)
      • 1989

    Actor

    • S.A. Griffin and Scott Wannberg in Tumbleweed in a Box (2018)
      Tumbleweed in a Box
      Short
      • Guy at bar with Tumbleweed
      • 2018

    Cinematographer

    • Fun House Express (1995)
      Fun House Express
      6.6
      Short
      • Cinematographer (as Jim Balsam)
      • 1995

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    • Alternative name
      • Jim Balsam

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