John Bruno

John Bruno

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John Bruno is an American visual effects artist and filmmaker known for his prolific collaborations with director James Cameron on films like Terminator 2: Judgement Day, True Lies, Titanic, Avatar, and The Abyss, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. He has also contributed to other blockbuster films, including Ghostbusters, Batman Returns, Cliffhanger, X-Men: The Last Stand, and Kingsman: The Secret Service. He also directed the 1999 science fiction horror film Virus, st...

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All the Little Things We Kill

All the Little Things We Kill

2021

Line Producer

4.0
Producing

A college professor takes her students hostage to force the passage of a bill that bans semi-automatic weapons.

Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters

Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters

2020

as Self

6.8
Acting

The documentary that tells us the full story from where it all started through to the future of the "Ghostbusters" franchise.

Kingsman: The Secret Service

Kingsman: The Secret Service

2015

Visual Effects Supervisor

7.6

The story of a super-secret spy organization that recruits an unrefined but promising street kid into the agency's ultra-competitive training program ...

Deepsea Challenge 3D

Deepsea Challenge 3D

2014

Director

6.6
Directing

Described as being a film about determination, danger and the ocean’s greatest depths, James Cameron's "Deepsea Challenge 3D" tells the story of Camer...

Hercules

Hercules

2014

Visual Effects Supervisor

5.8

When a new enemy threatens the innocent, Hercules must lead his fearless team of warriors in a battle against overwhelming odds.

Movie 43

Movie 43

2013

Visual Effects

4.6

A series of interconnected short films are the backdrop for a maniac screenwriter who pitches insane storylines featuring some of Hollywood's biggest ...

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2

2012

Visual Effects Supervisor

6.5

After the birth of Renesmee, the Cullens gather other vampire clans in order to protect the child from a false allegation that puts the family in fron...

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1

2011

Visual Effects Supervisor

6.2

Bella Swan and Edward Cullen's honeymoon phase is abruptly disrupted by betrayals and unforeseen tragedies that endanger their world.

Season of the Witch

Season of the Witch

2011

Visual Effects Design Consultant

5.5

A 14th century Crusader returns with his comrade to a homeland devastated by the Black Plague. The Church commands the two knights to transport a witc...

Avatar

Avatar

2009

Visual Effects Supervisor

7.6

In the 22nd century, a paraplegic Marine is dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission, but becomes torn between following orders and protecti...

Monsters vs Aliens

Monsters vs Aliens

2009

Thanks

6.2

When Susan Murphy is unwittingly clobbered by a meteor full of outer space gunk on her wedding day, she mysteriously grows to 49-feet-11-inches. The m...

Rush Hour 3

Rush Hour 3

2007

Visual Effects Design Consultant

6.5

After a botched assassination attempt, the mismatched duo finds themselves in Paris, struggling to retrieve a precious list of names, as the murderous...

X-Men: The Last Stand

X-Men: The Last Stand

2006

Visual Effects Supervisor

6.4

When a cure is found to treat mutations, lines are drawn amongst the X-Men—led by Professor Charles Xavier—and the Brotherhood, a band of powerful mut...

AVP: Alien vs. Predator

AVP: Alien vs. Predator

2004

Visual Effects Supervisor

5.9

When scientists discover something near Antarctica that appears to be a buried Pyramid, they send a research team out to investigate. Little do they k...

Ghosts of the Abyss

Ghosts of the Abyss

2003

Producer

6.8
Producing

With a team of the world's foremost historic and marine experts as well as friend Bill Paxton, James Cameron embarks on an unscripted adventure back t...

Virus

Virus

1999

Director

5.4
Directing

When the crew of an American tugboat boards an abandoned Russian research vessel, the alien life form aboard regards them as a virus which must be des...

Imagining 'Heavy Metal'

Imagining 'Heavy Metal'

1999

as Self

Acting

Documentary about the making of "Heavy Metal" (1981).

Titanic

Titanic

1997

Visual Effects

7.9

101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fian...

T2 3-D: Battle Across Time

1996

Director

7.2
Directing

Three freedom fighters attack a large corporation to prevent a future apocalypse.

True Lies

True Lies

1994

as Custodian

7.1
Acting

A fearless, globe-trotting, terrorist-battling secret agent has his life turned upside down when he discovers his wife might be having an affair with ...

True Lies

True Lies

1994

Senior Visual Effects Supervisor

7.1

A fearless, globe-trotting, terrorist-battling secret agent has his life turned upside down when he discovers his wife might be having an affair with ...

Cliffhanger

Cliffhanger

1993

Visual Effects Supervisor

6.5

A year after losing his friend in a tragic 4,000-foot fall, former ranger Gabe Walker and his partner, Hal, are called to return to the same peak to r...

Batman Returns

Batman Returns

1992

Visual Effects Supervisor

6.9

Batman must face The Penguin, a sewer-dwelling gangleader intent on being accepted into Gotham society. Meanwhile, another Gotham resident finds hers...

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

1991

Visual Effects Designer

8.1

Set ten years after the events of the original, James Cameron’s classic sci-fi action flick tells the story of a second attempt to get rid of rebellio...

The Abyss

The Abyss

1989

Visual Effects Supervisor

7.4

A civilian oil rig crew is recruited to conduct a search and rescue effort when a nuclear submarine mysteriously sinks. One diver soon finds himself o...

Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw

Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw

1988

Storyboard

4.2
Writing

Based on the popular line of plush dolls, this fun-filled feature follows Pound Puppies Cooler, Whopper (and Big Paw), and company as they try to trac...

Poltergeist II: The Other Side

Poltergeist II: The Other Side

1986

Visual Effects Art Director

6.0
Directing

The Freeling family move in with Diane's mother in an effort to escape the trauma and aftermath of Carol Anne's abduction by the Beast. But the Beast ...

Fright Night

Fright Night

1985

Visual Effects Art Director

7.0
Directing

Charley Brewster, a high school student, accidentally discovers the true and creepy nature of Jerry Dandrige, his dashing and enigmatic new neighbor; ...

Ghostbusters

Ghostbusters

1984

Visual Effects Art Director

7.5
Directing

After losing their academic posts at a prestigious university, a team of parapsychologists goes into business as proton-pack-toting "ghostbusters" who...

Poltergeist

Poltergeist

1982

Animation Supervisor

7.2

Upon realizing that something truly evil haunts his home, Steve Freeling calls in a team of parapsychologists to help before it's too late.

Heavy Metal

Heavy Metal

1981

Visual Effects Director, Sequence Supervisor, Special Effects

6.5
Directing

The embodiment of ultimate evil, a glowing orb terrorizes a young girl with bizarre stories of dark fantasy, eroticism and horror.

Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure

Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure

1976

Animation

6.8

Raggedy Ann and Andy, along with other toys, reside in the nursery of a little girl named Marcella. During Marcella's seventh birthday, Babette, from ...

The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat

The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat

1974

Animation

5.0

Fritz, now married and with a son, is desperate to escape from the domestic hell he now finds himself in. Lighting up a joint, he begins to dream abou...

Shinbone Alley

Shinbone Alley

1970

Animation

6.2

Suicidal poet Archy tries to end his life by jumping off a bridge, but awakens to find he has assumed the life of a cockroach and has become a part of...

Virus: Ghost in the Machine

Virus: Ghost in the Machine

N/A

as Self

Acting

A look behind the scenes: making the 1999 film Virus