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David Merritt is an American astrophysicist and professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York. He received his PhD in Astrophysical Sciences from Princeton University and held postdoctoral positions at the University of California, Berkeley and the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics in Toronto. His fields of specialization include dynamics and evolution of galaxies, supermassive black holes, and computational astrophysics.David Merritt is a former Chair of the Division on Dynamical Astronomy of the American Astronomical Society. He is a founding member of the Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation at RIT.His scientific contributions include Osipkov-Merritt models, black hole spin flips, the Leonard-Merritt mass estimator, the M-sigma relation, stellar systems with negative temperatures, and rotational Brownian motion.
Profession Special Effects, Visual Effects, Art Department
Special Effects Title Year Status Character Terminator Genisys 2015 model shop supervisor: Legacy Effects Jurassic World 2015 Key Artist: Legacy Effects Avengers: Age of Ultron 2015 model shop supervisor: Legacy Effects Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2014 model shop supervisor: legacy Effects X-Men: Days of Future Past 2014 model shop supervisor / the sentinel: legacy Effects Captain America: The Winter Soldier 2014 model shop supervisor: legacy effects RoboCop 2014 model shop supervisor: Legacy Effects Pacific Rim 2013 pilot suits and conn pod arms: Legacy Effects - as Dave Merrit Iron Man Three 2013 model shop supervisor: Legacy Effects Oblivion 2013/I model shop supervisor: Legacy Effects - uncredited Total Recall 2012/I model shop supervisor: Legacy Effects Snow White and the Huntsman 2012 key artist: Legacy Effects The Avengers 2012 model shop supervisor: Legacy Effects The Muppets 2011 model department supervisor: Legacy Effects Real Steel 2011 model shop supervisor: Legacy Effects Cowboys & Aliens 2011 special effects department head: ships and torture tables, Legacy Effects Thor 2011 key technician: Legacy Effects - as Dave Merritt Iron Man 2 2010 model shop supervisor: Legacy Effects Alice in Wonderland 2010/I model shop supervisor: Legacy Effects - uncredited Avatar 2009 model shop supervisor: Stan Winston Studio and Legacy Effects G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra 2009 accelerator suit model department key coordinator: stan winston studio Terminator Salvation 2009 model shop supervisor: stan winston studio Iron Man 2008 suit model department key coordinator: Stan Winston Studio - as Dave Merritt Eight Below 2006 art department: Stan Winston Studio War of the Worlds 2005 key artist: Stan Winston Studio Spider-Man 2 2004 model shop supervisor: Edge FX Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines 2003 model supervisor How to Make a Monster 2001 TV Movie model supervisor: Stan Winston Studio A.I. Artificial Intelligence 2001 model department supervisor: "Mecha", Stan Winston Studio
Visual Effects Title Year Status Character Spider-Man 2 2004 key modelmaker: Grant McCune Design - uncredited X2 2003 key modelmaker - uncredited Eraser 1996 key modelmaker: Mass Illusion - uncredited Judge Dredd 1995 key modelmaker: Mass. Illusion She-Devil 1989 model maker: Apogee - uncredited Deal of the Century 1983 model maker: Coast Special Effects - uncredited Airplane II: The Sequel 1982 model maker: Coast Special Effects - uncredited Zapped! 1982 visual effects crew: Praxis - as Dave Merritt Heartbeeps 1981 model maker - uncredited Wolfen 1981 visual effects group: Praxis - uncredited Airplane! 1980 model maker: MPI - uncredited
Art Department Title Year Status Character Bag Man 2014 Short block-nosed rifle creation - as Dave Merritt Bulletproof 1988 props
Miscellaneous Title Year Status Character Real Steel 2011 puppeteer Zathura: A Space Adventure 2005 puppeteer
Make Up Department Title Year Status Character Zathura: A Space Adventure 2005 key artist: Stan Winston Studio
Self Title Year Status Character Igniting the Sky: The Making of Cowboys & Aliens 2011 Video documentary short Himself (as Dave Merritt) Ultimate Iron Man: The Making of 'Iron Man 2' 2010 Video documentary Himself
Known for movies The Avengers (2012) as Special Effects
Avatar (2009) as Special Effects
Iron Man (2008) as Special Effects
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) as Special Effects