Thomas Zell

Thomas Zell is an American special effects artist with over 65 official filmography credits dating back to 1987. He plays a role in many of the world's most famous movies and TV Shows. Too name a few: Avengers: Endgame, Spider-Man: No Way Home, CSI: NY, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
== Career ==
In 1991, near the beginning of Thomas' career he worked as a special effects technician on Terminator 2: Judgment Day marking it as his first movie he worked on to break half a billion in the box office. Five years later in 1996, Thomas along side co worker and friend Joe Viskocil helped in the iconic scene of exploding the white house in Independence Day (1996 film)|Independence Day. In that same year he took part in a now lost short documentary titled: Special Effects: Anything Can Happen helping to establish him as a part of the Special Effects community. Now just two years later Thomas would happily play a part in the culturally important 1998 Godzilla (1998 film), in this film and many others Thomas worked his magic in the many miniatures seen on screen. Approaching the turn of the century in 1999 Thomas worked as a SPFX Technician in the fan favorite Inspector Gadget (film). Moving to the 21 century from 2000-2006 a few of the notable productions under his belt are as follows: Mission: Impossible 2, The Haunted Mansion (film), I, Robot (film), Robot and War of the Worlds (2005 film). Not to mention in 2004 Thomas took part in the ridiculous and hilarious film Team America: World Police. Now on to 2007, for the next 10 years he would take part in many classic movies like The Avengers (2012 film), Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Star Trek Into Darkness and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 to only name a few. 2007 also marks his first involvement in a marvel studios film with the awesome debut Iron Man (2008 film) film, and it would not be his last. 2017 to 2021 for Thomas would be home to the massively successful pair of films Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame. The two movies went on to easily break into the top 10 most grossing films ever made.
== Music Boxes ==
One of Thomas' jobs outside of the film production was making and crafting various annual music boxes under the billionaire and philanthropist Sam Zell. Who is despite the name not related to Thomas in any way. The now discontinued production of these music boxes produced valuable, painstakingly crafted pieces. While not always taking themselves all that serious many of these works were in one way or another of a political nature, many of which including a short political commentary or even a poem from Sam Zell himself. 
== Filmography ==
Year	Title 	Role
2021	Spider-Man: No Way Home 	special effects technician
2021	Free Guy 	key technician: second unit
2021	Loki 	special effects technician
2021	Chaos Walking 	special effects technician
2021	WandaVision 	special effects technician
2019	Avengers: Endgame 	special effects foreman
2019	Captain Marvel 	special effects foreman
2018	Ant-Man and the Wasp 	special effects technician
2018	Avengers: Infinity War 	special effects foreman
2017	Spider-Man: Homecoming 	special effects foreman
2017	Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 	special effects technician
2016	Passengers 	special effects technician
2015	Ant-Man 	special effects technician
2015	Furious 7 	special effects technician
2014	Captain America: The Winter Soldier 	special effects technician
2013	Star Trek Into Darkness 	electronic prop shop technician
2013	Iron Man 3 	special effects technician
2012	The Avengers 	special effects technician
2011	Captain America: The First Avenger 	special effects technician
2010	Piranha 3D 	special effects technician
2009	G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra 	special effects technician
2009	Race to Witch Mountain 	special effects technician
2008	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	special effects technician
2008	Iron Man 	special effects technician
2007	Evan Almighty 	special effects technician
2006	Poseidon 	prop shop
2005	War of the Worlds 	special effects technician
2004	Team America: World Police 	special effects leadperson
2004	I, Robot 	effects technician: miniature pyrotechnic
2003	The Haunted Mansion 	special effects technician
2003	Looney Tunes: Back in Action 	special effects
2003	Intolerable Cruelty 	special effects technician
2002	Panic Room 	special effects foreman
2002	xXx 	effects technician: miniature pyrotechnic
2002	Star Trek: Nemesis 	pyro technician
2001	Bandits 	special effects foreman
2001	Corky Romano 	special effects foreman
2000	What Lies Beneath 	special effects
2000	Vertical Limit 	model shop foreman
2000	Reindeer Games 	effects technician: miniature pyrotechnic, 
pyrotechnic assistant: miniatures
2000	Scream 3 	pyrotechnician: Fantasy II Film Effects
2000	Mission: Impossible II 	model maker
1999	House on Haunted Hill 	key effects: Bellissimo/Belardinelli Effects
1999	Inspector Gadget 	first unit set technician
1999	Arlington Road 	effects technician: miniature pyrotechnic
1998	Godzilla 	lead special effects technician: miniatures
1998	Armageddon 	effects technician: miniature pyrotechnic
1997	Volcano 	lead lava effects foreman
1996	Independence Day 	effects technician: miniature pyrotechnic
1996	Special Effects: Anything Can Happen 	Short documentary
1995	Waterworld 	model maker
1995	Under Siege 2: Dark Territory 	model maker
1994	Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles	effects technician: miniature pyrotechnic
1994	True Lies 	effects technician: miniature pyrotechnic
1994	The Hudsucker Proxy 	technician: mechanical effects
1993-
1994	Ultraman: The Ultimate Hero 	effects technician
1993	Return of the Living Dead III 	model maker
1992	Fortress 	chief modelmaker
1992	Mom and Dad Save the World 	model shop foreman
1992	Honey, I Blew Up the Kid 	special effects technician
1991	Suburban Commando 	model shop foreman
1991	If Looks Could Kill 	model shop foreman
1991	Terminator 2: Judgment Day 	special effects technician: 4-Ward Productions
1990	Tales from the Darkside: The Movie 	model maker
1990	Miracle Landing 	model shop foreman
1987	Light of Day 	set production assistant
Category:1962 births