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Eric Brevig

  • Visual Effects
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Director
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Eric Brevig in Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)
Eric Brevig was born in 1957. He is an assistant director and director, known for Men in Black (1997), Total Recall (1990) and Pearl Harbor (2001).
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    • Nominated for 2 Oscars
      • 1 win & 12 nominations total

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    Known for

    Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith in Men in Black (1997)
    Men in Black
    7.3
    • Visual Effects
    • 1997
    Arnold Schwarzenegger in Total Recall (1990)
    Total Recall
    7.5
    • Visual Effects
    • 1990
    Publicity Poster
    Pearl Harbor
    6.3
    • Visual Effects
    • 2001
    Bill Murray in Scrooged (1988)
    Scrooged
    6.9
    • Visual Effects
    • 1988

    Credits

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    Visual Effects



    • Play Dirty
      • visual effects supervisor
      • Completed



    • Paul Rudd, Kevin Mangold, Ian Whyte, Carrie Coon, Mckenna Grace, Finn Wolfhard, and Celeste O'Connor in Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024)
      Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
      6.1
      • visual effects supervisor
      • 2024
    • Ewan McGregor and Roger Dale Floyd in Doctor Sleep (2019)
      Doctor Sleep
      7.3
      • visual effects supervisor: Method Studios
      • 2019
    • Neil Patrick Harris, Malina Pauli Weissman, Louis Hynes, and Presley Smith in A Series of Unfortunate Events (2017)
      A Series of Unfortunate Events
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
      • 2018–2019
    • Leslie Jones, Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon, Chris Hemsworth, and Kristen Wiig in Ghostbusters (2016)
      Ghostbusters
      6.8
      • production visual effects consultant
      • 2016
    • Race Through New York with Jimmy Fallon (2016)
      Race Through New York with Jimmy Fallon
      6.0
      Short
      • visual effects supervisor: Universal Creative
      • 2016
    • Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Chris Sheffield, Aml Ameen, Alexander Flores, Will Poulter, Kaya Scodelario, Dexter Darden, Dylan O'Brien, Ki Hong Lee, and Blake Cooper in The Maze Runner (2014)
      The Maze Runner
      6.8
      • production visual effects supervisor
      • 2014
    • Samantha Morton, Lynn Collins, and Taylor Kitsch in John Carter (2012)
      John Carter
      6.6
      • special visual effects consultant
      • 2012
    • Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson in The Island (2005)
      The Island
      6.8
      • production visual effects supervisor
      • 2005
    • The Village (2004)
      The Village
      6.6
      • visual effects supervisor: ILM
      • 2004
    • The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
      The Day After Tomorrow
      6.5
      • visual effects supervisor: ILM
      • 2004
    • Samuel L. Jackson, Ashley Judd, and Andy Garcia in Twisted (2004)
      Twisted
      5.3
      • visual effects supervisor
      • 2004
    • Jason Isaacs, Don Battee, Brian Carbee, Septimus Caton, Alan Cinis, Frank Gallacher, Phil Meacham, Darren Andrew Mitchell, Ludivine Sagnier, Bruce Spence, Jeremy Sumpter, Jacob Tomuri, Frank Whitten, Dan Wyllie, Harry Eden, Mick Roughan, George MacKay, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Harry Newell, Freddie Popplewell, Rupert Simonian, Theodore Chester, Lachlan Gooch, Patrick Gooch, and Venant Wong in Peter Pan (2003)
      Peter Pan
      6.8
      • additional visual effects supervisor: ILM
      • 2003
    • Tommy Lee Jones and Benicio Del Toro in The Hunted (2003)
      The Hunted
      6.1
      • visual effects supervisor
      • 2003
    • Signs (2002)
      Signs
      6.8
      • production visual effects supervisor
      • 2002
    • Harrison Ford in K-19: The Widowmaker (2002)
      K-19: The Widowmaker
      6.7
      • visual effects supervisor: ILM
      • 2002

    Second Unit or Assistant Director



    • Ewan McGregor and Roger Dale Floyd in Doctor Sleep (2019)
      Doctor Sleep
      7.3
      • second unit director (uncredited)
      • 2019
    • Samantha Morton, Lynn Collins, and Taylor Kitsch in John Carter (2012)
      John Carter
      6.6
      • second unit director: additional photography, Los Angeles
      • 2012
    • Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson in The Island (2005)
      The Island
      6.8
      • additional second unit director
      • 2005
    • Publicity Poster
      Pearl Harbor
      6.3
      • second unit director
      • 2001
    • Kevin Kline and Will Smith in Wild Wild West (1999)
      Wild Wild West
      4.9
      • second unit director
      • 1999
    • Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith in Men in Black (1997)
      Men in Black
      7.3
      • second unit director
      • 1997
    • Litefoot and Hal Scardino in The Indian in the Cupboard (1995)
      The Indian in the Cupboard
      6.0
      • second unit director
      • 1995

    Director



    • Yogi Bear (2010)
      Yogi Bear
      4.6
      • Director (directed by)
      • 2010
    • Adventure at the Center of the Earth (2008)
      Adventure at the Center of the Earth
      6.2
      Video Game
      • Director
      • 2008
    • Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)
      Journey to the Center of the Earth
      5.8
      • Director
      • 2008
    • Lucy Lawless in Xena: Warrior Princess (1995)
      Xena: Warrior Princess
      6.8
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1995

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      • 1957
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