John Mahaffie - Wikipedia


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John Mahaffie is an American filmmaker, steadicam operator, second unit director, and second unit director of photography. He is most well known for his work on superhero movies (both in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the DC Extended Universe series of films) and his collaborations with director Martin Campbell.

Life and Career

Mahaffie, alongside Geoff Murphy, Rick Porras, and George Marshall Ruge, served as second unit director on Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy.


Other films Mahaffie has directed second unit on include The Avengers and its sequel Avengers: Age of Ultron, Aquaman and its sequel Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, Shazam, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Edge of Darkness, The Legend of Zorro, Zero Dark Thirty, Racing Stripes, The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep, and Where the Wild Things Are.[1]

Filmography

Year Title Second unit director Second unit director of photography Director
2001 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Yes No Peter Jackson
2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Yes No
2003 The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King Yes No
2005 The Legend of Zorro Yes {{yes]} Martin Campbell - [{Racing Stripes]] Yes No Frederik De Chau
2006 The Painted Veil Yes Yes John Curran
Charlotte's Web Yes Yes Gary Winick
2007 The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep Yes No [[Jay Russell
2008 The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspain Yes Yes Andrew Adamson
2009 Aliens in the Attic Yes No John Schultz
The International Yes Yes Tom Tykwer
Where the Wild Things Are Yes No Spike Jonze
2010 Edge of Darkness Yes Yes Martin Campbell
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Trader Yes Yes Michael Apted
2011 Green Lantern Yes No Martin Campbell
2012 [[The Avengers (2012 film)|The Avengers Yes Yes Joss Whedon
Snow White and the Huntsman Yes No Rupert Sanders
Zero Dark Thirty Yes No Kathryn Bigalow
2013 Thor: The Dark World Yes Yes Alan Taylor
2014 The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Yes No Marc Webb
2015 Avengers: Age of Ultron Yes Yes Joss Whedon
Ant-Man Yes Yes Peyton Reed
2016 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Yes No Gareth Edwards
2017 Spider-Man: Homecoming Yes No Jon Watts
2018 Aquaman Yes No James Wan
The Meg Yes No Jon Turteltaub
2019 Shazam!]] Yes No David F. Sandberg
2020 Mulan Yes No Niki Caro
2021 Home Sweet Home Alone Yes No Dan Mazar
2023 Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom Yes Yes James Wan