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David Mei

  • Visual Effects
  • Animation Department
  • Art Department
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David Mei was born on 3 January 1962 in Westwood, New Jersey, USA. David is known for Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989), Alien Resurrection (1997) and Spies in Disguise (2019).
BornJanuary 3, 1962
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    Known for

    Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)
    Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
    5.5
    • Visual Effects(as David V. Mei, model unit)
    • 1989
    Winona Ryder and Sigourney Weaver in Alien Resurrection (1997)
    Alien Resurrection
    6.2
    • Visual Effects(Blue Sky Studios, Inc.)
    • 1997
    Will Smith, Reba McEntire, Toshiya Agata, Maya Goodwin, Rashida Jones, Ben Mendelsohn, Chrystee Pharris, Troy Quane, Stan Sellers, William Christopher Stephens, Shane Sweet, Randy Thom, Randy Trager, Michi Yamato, Ruth Zalduondo, Hiroshi Otaguro, Mark Ronson, JB Blanc, Jennifer Cain, Jarrett Bruno, Jess Conte, Christopher Campbell, Youn So, Min-Hyuck Jang, Paolo Costantino Cenci, Masi Oka, Carla Jimenez, Ben Pronsky, Hisato Masuyama, Kimberly Brooks, Annie Gonzalez, DJ Khaled, Daniel Booko, Reggie De Leon, Krizia Bajos, Michael Woodley, Karen Gillan, David Chen, Nick Bruno, Adrian Gonzalez, Rachel Brosnahan, Matthew J. Munn, Eddie Mujica, Tom Holland, Claire Crosby, Stefania Spampinato, Toru Uchikado, Tawny Newsome, Bex Marsh, Emily Altman, Vivian Yoon, Gabriel Conte, Casey M. Roberts, Oscar Camacho, Rashawn Nadine Scott, and Peter S. Kim in Spies in Disguise (2019)
    Spies in Disguise
    6.8
    • Animation Department(as David V. Mei)
    • 2019
    Zendaya, Mike Faist, and Josh O'Connor in Challengers (2024)
    Challengers
    7.1
    • Visual Effects
    • 2024

    Credits

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    Visual Effects

    • Zendaya, Mike Faist, and Josh O'Connor in Challengers (2024)
      Challengers
      7.1
      • visual effects artist
      • 2024
    • Keira Knightley in Boston Strangler (2023)
      Boston Strangler
      6.5
      • cg supervisor
      • 2023
    • Naomi Ackie in Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022)
      Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
      6.6
      • visual effects artist
      • 2022
    • Will Ferrell and Ryan Reynolds in Spirited (2022)
      Spirited
      6.6
      • cg supervisor
      • 2022
    • Dennis Quaid, Anna Paquin, and Zachary Levi in American Underdog (2021)
      American Underdog
      7.1
      • modeler
      • 2021
    • Ewan McGregor, Robin Williams, and Amanda Bynes in Robots (2005)
      Robots
      6.4
      • digital paint artist (as David V. Mei)
      • 2005
    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Georges Bizet, Johannes Brahms, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, and Chris Wedge in Gone Nutty (2002)
      Gone Nutty
      7.3
      Video
      • digital paint artist
      • 2002
    • John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, and Ray Romano in Ice Age (2002)
      Ice Age
      7.5
      • digital paint artist
      • 2002
    • Lorraine Bracco, James Gandolfini, Edie Falco, Steven Van Zandt, Dominic Chianese, Robert Iler, Michael Imperioli, Steve Schirripa, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Tony Sirico, and Aida Turturro in The Sopranos (1999)
      The Sopranos
      9.2
      TV Series
      • digital paint artist: Blue Sky Studios
      • 2000
    • Jesus' Son (1999)
      Jesus' Son
      6.9
      • digital paint artist: Blue Sky Studios Inc. (as David V. Mei)
      • 1999
    • F. Murray Abraham in Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)
      Star Trek: Insurrection
      6.4
      • digital paint artist (uncredited)
      • 1998
    • Bunny (1998)
      Bunny
      6.7
      Short
      • digital paint artist
      • modeler (as David V. Mei)
      • 1998
    • Winona Ryder and Sigourney Weaver in Alien Resurrection (1997)
      Alien Resurrection
      6.2
      • digital paint artist: Blue Sky Studios, Inc.
      • 1997
    • Martin Short and Mara Wilson in A Simple Wish (1997)
      A Simple Wish
      5.3
      • digital paint artist
      • modeler: Blue Sky Studios (uncredited)
      • 1997
    • Christopher Lloyd in Back to the Future... The Ride (1991)
      Back to the Future... The Ride
      7.9
      Video
      • model maker
      • 1991

    Animation Department

    • Simon Pegg and Eva Noblezada in Luck (2022)
      Luck
      6.4
      • environmental modeling supervisor
      • 2022
    • Will Smith, Reba McEntire, Toshiya Agata, Maya Goodwin, Rashida Jones, Ben Mendelsohn, Chrystee Pharris, Troy Quane, Stan Sellers, William Christopher Stephens, Shane Sweet, Randy Thom, Randy Trager, Michi Yamato, Ruth Zalduondo, Hiroshi Otaguro, Mark Ronson, JB Blanc, Jennifer Cain, Jarrett Bruno, Jess Conte, Christopher Campbell, Youn So, Min-Hyuck Jang, Paolo Costantino Cenci, Masi Oka, Carla Jimenez, Ben Pronsky, Hisato Masuyama, Kimberly Brooks, Annie Gonzalez, DJ Khaled, Daniel Booko, Reggie De Leon, Krizia Bajos, Michael Woodley, Karen Gillan, David Chen, Nick Bruno, Adrian Gonzalez, Rachel Brosnahan, Matthew J. Munn, Eddie Mujica, Tom Holland, Claire Crosby, Stefania Spampinato, Toru Uchikado, Tawny Newsome, Bex Marsh, Emily Altman, Vivian Yoon, Gabriel Conte, Casey M. Roberts, Oscar Camacho, Rashawn Nadine Scott, and Peter S. Kim in Spies in Disguise (2019)
      Spies in Disguise
      6.8
      • modeling supervisor (as David V. Mei)
      • 2019
    • John Cena and Lily Day in Ferdinand (2017)
      Ferdinand
      6.7
      • modeling supervisor (as David V. Mei)
      • 2017
    • John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Ray Romano, and Chris Wedge in Ice Age: Collision Course (2016)
      Ice Age: Collision Course
      5.7
      • modeling supervisor (as David V. Mei)
      • 2016
    • Bill Melendez, Alex Garfin, Marleik Mar Mar Walker, Hadley Belle Miller, Venus Schultheis, and Noah Schnapp in The Peanuts Movie (2015)
      The Peanuts Movie
      7.0
      • modeling supervisor (as David V. Mei)
      • 2015
    • Anne Hathaway, Jamie Foxx, Kristin Chenoweth, Jesse Eisenberg, George Lopez, Jemaine Clement, Will.i.am, Pierce Gagnon, Rachel Crow, and Amandla Stenberg in Rio 2 (2014)
      Rio 2
      6.3
      • modeling supervisor (as David V. Mei)
      • 2014
    • Colin Farrell, Christoph Waltz, Amanda Seyfried, Josh Hutcherson, Chris O'Dowd, Pitbull, and Aziz Ansari in Epic (2013)
      Epic
      6.6
      • modeling supervisor
      • 2013
    • Jennifer Lopez, John Leguizamo, Queen Latifah, Denis Leary, Patrick Stewart, Elton John, Ray Romano, Seann William Scott, Renato Falcão, Aladár László, Carlos Alazraqui, Ashley Paige Albert, Kristen Alderson, Dave Allen, Kristen Ariza, Michael Beattie, Joy Behar, Michael Berg, Bob Bergen, Edita Brychta, Christopher Campbell, Aimée Castle, Sebastian Cavazza, Cedric The Entertainer, Alain Chabat, Jacqulin Cole, Jim Conroy, Peter Dinklage, Karen Disher, Walt Dohrn, John C. Donkin, Jenny Eclair, Nick Frost, Jason Fuchs, Ella Gombaszögi, Juliette Gruber, Aysen Gruda, Yilmaz Gruda, Mona Grudt, Marcus Grüsser, Jean-Claude Grumberg, Guy A. Grundy, David Gruner, Cheryl Grunwald, Gustaf Gründgens, Jason Harris, Sondra James, Tara Sands, Linda Joy, Grudi Kadiev, Ljubomir Kerekes, Ruby Lee, Selenis Leyva, Bill Lobley, Annie Tippe, Danny Mann, Steve Martino, Mike Mitchell, James Palumbo, Josh Peck, Simon Pegg, Chris Phillips, John Powell, Dennis T. Carnegie, Don Rickles, Linda Robson, Peter Pamela Rose, David Ian Salter, Peter Sohn, Wanda Sykes, Randy Thom, Michael Thurmeier, Josh Todd, Alan Tudyk, Aron Warner, Chris Wedge, Christopher Knights, Lori Forte, Drake, Tarik Filipovic, Keith Silverstein, Ge Gru, Ben Gleib, Ron McClary, Josh Gad, Edo Maajka, Anabelle Daisy Grundberg, Grusha Kapoor, Corwin C. Tuggles, Gru, Grub Smith, Kristen DeLuca, Keke Palmer, Shoshanna Gruss, Alexandra Romano, Eddie 'Piolin' Sotelo, Marieve Herington, Tashiana Washington, Aleksandra Gruziel, Jason Fricchione, Erin Grush, Gruff Rhys, Brian Scott McFadden, Vanessa Lemonides, Christopher Lee Parson, Jeff Gruenewald, Aziz Ansari, George Jacobs, Rebel Wilson, Kunal Nayyar, Rebecca Gruss, Pierre Gruno, Christina Martino, Ellie Martino, Danny Flaherty, Mike Grubbs, Teri Reeves, Brad Grusnick, Lucas Leguizamo, Allegra Leguizamo, Gabriel Rush, Alexa Kahn, Heather Elizabeth Morris, Ester Dean, Nicki Minaj, Bruno Montes de Oca Monge, Seth Dusky, Teilor Grubbs, Sarah Grünewald, Matthew Simmons, Una Grujic, Meghan Thurmeier, Nola Donkin, Kristen Phaneuf, Grunde Tveiten, Elisabet Casanovas, Cezar Grumazescu, and Jake Grunberg in Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012)
      Ice Age: Continental Drift
      6.5
      • modeling supervisor
      • 2012
    • Anne Hathaway, Jamie Foxx, Jesse Eisenberg, George Lopez, Tracy Morgan, Jemaine Clement, Will.i.am, and Francisco Ramos in Rio (2011)
      Rio
      6.9
      • modeling supervisor
      • 2011
    • Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)
      Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
      6.9
      • modeling supervisor
      • 2009
    • Jim Carrey and Steve Carell in Horton Hears a Who! (2008)
      Horton Hears a Who!
      6.8
      • modeling supervisor
      • 2008
    • Chris Wedge in Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006)
      Ice Age: The Meltdown
      6.8
      • modeler
      • senior digital paint artist
      • 2006
    • Ewan McGregor, Robin Williams, and Amanda Bynes in Robots (2005)
      Robots
      6.4
      • modeler
      • senior digital paint artist
      • 2005

    Art Department

    • Smoke Alarm: The Unfiltered Truth About Cigarettes (1997)
      Smoke Alarm: The Unfiltered Truth About Cigarettes
      7.0
      TV Movie
      • model maker (as David V. Mei)
      • 1997

    Personal details

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    • Alternative name
      • David V. Mei
    • Born
      • January 3, 1962
      • Westwood, New Jersey, USA

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