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Michael Best(II)

  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Visual Effects
  • Additional Crew
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Michael Best is known for Jurassic World (2015), Priest (2011) and Killers (2010).
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    Known for

    Chris Pratt in Jurassic World (2015)
    Jurassic World
    6.9
    Movie
    • Camera and Electrical Department(Northern California VFX Unit)
    • 2015
    Paul Bettany in Priest (2011)
    Priest
    5.7
    Movie
    • Visual Effects(Kerner Optical)
    • 2011
    Katherine Heigl and Ashton Kutcher in Killers (2010)
    Killers
    5.5
    Movie
    • Visual Effects(kerner optical)
    • 2010
    Dwayne Johnson in San Andreas (2015)
    San Andreas
    6.1
    Movie
    • Camera and Electrical Department(San Francisco)
    • 2015

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    Camera and Electrical Department

    • Jessica Chastain in Dreams (2025)
      Dreams
      6.7
      • key grip
      • 2025
    • Helen Hunt, Atticus Woodward, Benjamin Earl Turner, Rafael Casal, Jaylen Barron, Jasmine Cephas Jones, and Candace Nicholas-Lippman in Blindspotting (2021)
      Blindspotting
      6.6
      TV Series
      • rigging key grip: Oakland
      • 2021
    • Alisha Boe in 13 Reasons Why (2017)
      13 Reasons Why
      7.4
      TV Series
      • key grip (as Mike Best)
      • 2017–2020
    • Rachel Dratch, Ana Gasteyer, Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph, Emily Spivey, and Paula Pell in Wine Country (2019)
      Wine Country
      5.5
      • key rigging grip: 2nd unit/additional location unit (as Mike 'The' Best)
      • 2019
    • Julia Goldani Telles in The Girlfriend Experience (2016)
      The Girlfriend Experience
      6.9
      TV Series
      • key grip: USA
      • 2017
    • Bae Doona, Max Riemelt, Brian J. Smith, Miguel Ángel Silvestre, Tuppence Middleton, Tina Desai, Jamie Clayton, and Toby Onwumere in Sense8 (2015)
      Sense8
      8.2
      TV Series
      • best boy grip: San Francisco
      • 2016–2017
    • Years of Living Dangerously (2014)
      Years of Living Dangerously
      8.4
      TV Series
      • grip
      • 2016
    • Brando Pacitto, Taylor Frey, Matilda Lutz, and Joseph Haro in Summertime (2016)
      Summertime
      6.2
      • key grip: San Francisco unit
      • 2016
    • Jahking Guillory in Kicks (2016)
      Kicks
      6.4
      • key grip
      • 2016
    • NBA 2K16 (2015)
      NBA 2K16
      7.0
      Video Game
      • grip
      • 2015
    • Taye Diggs and Kathleen Robertson in Murder in the First (2014)
      Murder in the First
      7.3
      TV Series
      • key grip: 2nd unit
      • 2015
    • Chris Pratt in Jurassic World (2015)
      Jurassic World
      6.9
      • key grip: Northern California VFX Unit
      • 2015
    • Dwayne Johnson in San Andreas (2015)
      San Andreas
      6.1
      • rigging key grip: San Francisco
      • 2015
    • Ben Konigsberg and Kara Hayward in Quitters (2015)
      Quitters
      5.1
      • key grip
      • 2015
    • The Diary of a Teenage Girl (2015)
      The Diary of a Teenage Girl
      6.8
      • grip
      • 2015

    Visual Effects

    • Drew Barrymore and John Krasinski in Big Miracle (2012)
      Big Miracle
      6.5
      • key grip: Kerner Optical
      • 2012
    • Paul Bettany in Priest (2011)
      Priest
      5.7
      • visual effects best boy grip: Kerner Optical
      • 2011
    • Kinect Adventures! (2010)
      Kinect Adventures!
      5.7
      Video Game
      • lead technical artist: art: Smoking Gun Interactive (as Mike Best)
      • 2010
    • Mark Wahlberg and Will Ferrell in The Other Guys (2010)
      The Other Guys
      6.7
      • key grip: Kerner Optical
      • 2010
    • Noah Ringer in The Last Airbender (2010)
      The Last Airbender
      4.0
      • visual effects key grip: Kerner Optical
      • 2010
    • Katherine Heigl and Ashton Kutcher in Killers (2010)
      Killers
      5.5
      • gaffer: kerner optical
      • 2010
    • Zoe Saldaña and Sam Worthington in Avatar (2009)
      Avatar
      7.9
      • visual effects key grip: Kerner Optical (uncredited)
      • 2009
    • Terminator Salvation (2009)
      Terminator Salvation
      6.5
      • visual effects key grip: Kerner Optical
      • 2009
    • Drew Barrymore, George Lopez, Rusco, and Angel in Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2008)
      Beverly Hills Chihuahua
      4.0
      • visual effects dolly grip: Kerner Optical
      • 2008

    Additional Crew

    • Garbage Day
      6.3
      Short
      • production assistant
      • 1999

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      • Mike 'The' Best

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