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Jan M. Heyneker

  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Visual Effects
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Jan M. Heyneker is known for Top Gun (1986), Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989) and Heathers (1988).
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    Known for

    Tom Cruise and Kelly McGillis in Top Gun (1986)
    Top Gun
    6.9
    • Camera and Electrical Department(as Jan Heyneker, USFX)
    • 1986
    Rick Moranis, Thomas Wilson Brown, Amy O'Neill, Robert Oliveri, and Jared Rushton in Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989)
    Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
    6.4
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    • 1989
    Winona Ryder and Christian Slater in Heathers (1988)
    Heathers
    7.1
    • Camera and Electrical Department(as Jan Heyneker)
    • 1988
    Ed Harris, Lance Henriksen, Dennis Quaid, Scott Glenn, Sam Shepard, Charles Frank, Scott Paulin, and Fred Ward in The Right Stuff (1983)
    The Right Stuff
    7.8
    • Visual Effects(USFX)
    • 1983

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    Camera and Electrical Department

    • Guinevere (1999)
      Guinevere
      5.9
      • key grip: San Francisco (as Jan Heyneker)
      • 1999
    • Touch (1997)
      Touch
      5.6
      • key grip (as Jan Heyneker)
      • 1997
    • Grand Avenue (1996)
      Grand Avenue
      7.2
      TV Movie
      • key grip
      • 1996
    • Edward James Olmos, Jimmy Smits, and Esai Morales in My Family (1995)
      My Family
      7.3
      • key grip
      • 1995
    • The Fear (1995)
      The Fear
      3.9
      • grip truck
      • 1995
    • ABC Afterschool Specials (1972)
      ABC Afterschool Specials
      7.1
      TV Series
      • key grip (as Jan Heynecker)
      • 1994
    • Lara Flynn Boyle and Scott Glenn in Past Tense (1994)
      Past Tense
      5.8
      TV Movie
      • key grip
      • 1994
    • The Joy Luck Club (1993)
      The Joy Luck Club
      7.7
      • key grip
      • 1993
    • Tainted Blood (1993)
      Tainted Blood
      5.8
      TV Movie
      • key grip (as Jan Heyneker)
      • 1993
    • Bruce Boxleitner, Mira Furlan, Richard Biggs, Jerry Doyle, and Andreas Katsulas in Babylon 5 (1993)
      Babylon 5
      8.4
      TV Series
      • key grip
      • 1993
    • Red Shoe Diaries (1992)
      Red Shoe Diaries
      5.2
      TV Movie
      • key grip
      • 1992
    • Ariana Richards and Jeff Daniels in Grand Tour: Disaster in Time (1991)
      Grand Tour: Disaster in Time
      6.4
      • key grip (as Jan Heyneker)
      • 1991
    • John Travolta and Ellie Raab in Eyes of an Angel (1991)
      Eyes of an Angel
      5.2
      • key grip: second unit
      • 1991
    • Meet the Applegates (1990)
      Meet the Applegates
      5.5
      • key grip: second unit (as Jan Heyneker)
      • 1990
    • Jeff Kober in The First Power (1990)
      The First Power
      5.7
      • key grip
      • 1990

    Visual Effects

    • Ed Harris, Lance Henriksen, Dennis Quaid, Scott Glenn, Sam Shepard, Charles Frank, Scott Paulin, and Fred Ward in The Right Stuff (1983)
      The Right Stuff
      7.8
      • chief stage technician: USFX
      • 1983

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