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Michael Apling

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Michael Apling is known for The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023), Hitman: Agent 47 (2015) and Point Break (2015).
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    Known for

    Jason Schwartzman, Viola Davis, Peter Dinklage, Rachel Zegler, Josh Rivera, Tom Blyth, and Hunter Schafer in The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023)
    The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
    6.7
    • Additional Crew(as Michael 'Mike' Apling)
    • 2023
    Rupert Friend and Hannah Ware in Hitman: Agent 47 (2015)
    Hitman: Agent 47
    5.7
    • Special Effects(SFX Department Berlin)
    • 2015
    Edgar Ramírez and Luke Bracey in Point Break (2015)
    Point Break
    5.3
    • Additional Crew(weapons crew & office coordinator)
    • 2015
    Ralph Fiennes, Kate Winslet, and David Kross in The Reader (2008)
    The Reader
    7.6
    • Special Effects
    • 2008

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    Special Effects

    • Jella Haase in Kidnapping Stella (2019)
      Kidnapping Stella
      4.9
      • special effects coordinator
      • 2019
    • Chernobyl (2019)
      Chernobyl
      9.3
      TV Mini Series
      • special effects office manager
      • 2019
    • Tatort (1970)
      Tatort
      7.0
      TV Series
      • armourer
      • special effects: technical support
      • 1996–2018
    • Louis Hofmann in Dark (2017)
      Dark
      8.7
      TV Series
      • office coordinator
      • 2017
    • Babylon Berlin (2017)
      Babylon Berlin
      8.4
      TV Series
      • special effects office coordinator
      • 2017
    • Kommissar Marthaler (2012)
      Kommissar Marthaler
      6.3
      TV Series
      • special effects technician (uncredited)
      • 2017
    • The Legend of Timm Thaler or The Boy Who Sold His Laughter (2017)
      The Legend of Timm Thaler or The Boy Who Sold His Laughter
      6.1
      • special effects office coordinator
      • 2017
    • Rupert Friend and Hannah Ware in Hitman: Agent 47 (2015)
      Hitman: Agent 47
      5.7
      • special effects office administrator: SFX Department Berlin
      • 2015
    • Astrid Juncher-Benzon, Oscar Dietz, Amalie Kruse Jensen, Samuel Ting Graf, and Hector Brøgger Andersen in Antboy II: Revenge of the Red Fury (2014)
      Antboy II: Revenge of the Red Fury
      5.2
      • special effects coordinator: Germany (as Mike Apling)
      • 2014
    • The Little Match Girl (2013)
      The Little Match Girl
      7.2
      TV Movie
      • special effects technician (uncredited)
      • 2013
    • Tod eines Bullen (2000)
      Rosa Roth
      6.5
      TV Series
      • special effects technician
      • 1997–2013
    • Daniel Brühl and Benedict Cumberbatch in The Fifth Estate (2013)
      The Fifth Estate
      6.2
      • special effects crew & office coordinator: Germany, SFX Department Berlin
      • 2013
    • Kokowääh 2 (2013)
      Kokowääh 2
      5.3
      • special effects technician
      • 2013
    • The Adventures of Huck Finn (2012)
      The Adventures of Huck Finn
      5.8
      • special effects: office & crew
      • 2012
    • Schutzengel (2012)
      Schutzengel
      5.7
      • special effects crew
      • 2012

    Additional Crew

    • Jason Schwartzman, Viola Davis, Peter Dinklage, Rachel Zegler, Josh Rivera, Tom Blyth, and Hunter Schafer in The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023)
      The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
      6.7
      • crew coordinator (as Michael 'Mike' Apling)
      • 2023
    • Keanu Reeves in John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023)
      John Wick: Chapter 4
      7.6
      • armourer/office (uncredited)
      • 2023
    • Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Eréndira Ibarra, Jessica Henwick, and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II in The Matrix Resurrections (2021)
      The Matrix Resurrections
      5.6
      • armourer/office
      • 2021
    • Dimitri Leonidas, Sullivan Stapleton, Joshua Henry, Diarmaid Murtagh, and Charlie Bewley in American Renegades (2017)
      American Renegades
      5.5
      • weapons: Crew & Office Coordinator
      • 2017
    • Edgar Ramírez and Luke Bracey in Point Break (2015)
      Point Break
      5.3
      • weapons department: weapons crew & office coordinator
      • 2015
    • George Clooney, Bill Murray, Matt Damon, John Goodman, Bob Balaban, Hugh Bonneville, and Jean Dujardin in The Monuments Men (2014)
      The Monuments Men
      6.1
      • weapons coordinator (uncredited)
      • 2014

    Art Department

    • Jason Schwartzman, Viola Davis, Peter Dinklage, Rachel Zegler, Josh Rivera, Tom Blyth, and Hunter Schafer in The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023)
      The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
      6.7
      • armory legal (as Michael 'Mike' Apling)
      • 2023
    • Michael B. Jordan in Without Remorse (2021)
      Without Remorse
      5.8
      • weapons crew & office coordinator
      • 2021

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    • Alternative names
      • Michael 'Mike' Apling

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