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Rafael Cardenas(I)

  • Animation Department
  • Director
  • Visual Effects
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Rafael Cardenas is known for Infinite (2021), Moonfall (2022) and Dune: Part Two (2024).
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      • 1 win & 1 nomination

    Known for

    Mark Wahlberg and Chiwetel Ejiofor in Infinite (2021)
    Infinite
    5.5
    • Animation Department(DNEG London)
    • 2021
    Halle Berry, Patrick Wilson, and John Bradley in Moonfall (2022)
    Moonfall
    5.1
    • Animation Department(DNEG)
    • 2022
    Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgård, Rebecca Ferguson, Dave Bautista, Austin Butler, Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Florence Pugh, and Souheila Yacoub in Dune: Part Two (2024)
    Dune: Part Two
    8.5
    • Animation Department(DNEG)
    • 2024
    Pierce Brosnan, Aldis Hodge, Dwayne Johnson, Sarah Shahi, Noah Centineo, Bodhi Sabongui, and Quintessa Swindell in Black Adam (2022)
    Black Adam
    6.2
    • Animation Department(DNEG)
    • 2022

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    Animation Department

    • Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgård, Rebecca Ferguson, Dave Bautista, Austin Butler, Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Florence Pugh, and Souheila Yacoub in Dune: Part Two (2024)
      Dune: Part Two
      8.5
      • senior Animator: DNEG
      • 2024
    • Vincent D'Onofrio, Kevin Hart, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Úrsula Corberó, Billy Magnussen, Yun Jee Kim, and Viveik Kalra in Lift (2024)
      Lift
      5.5
      • lead animator: DNEG
      • 2024
    • Helen Mirren, Djimon Hounsou, Lucy Liu, Adam Brody, Meagan Good, Rachel Zegler, Zachary Levi, D.J. Cotrona, Grace Caroline Currey, and Ross Butler in Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023)
      Shazam! Fury of the Gods
      5.9
      • senior animator: DNEG
      • 2023
    • Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey in The Last of Us (2023)
      The Last of Us
      8.7
      TV Series
      • senior Animator: DNEG
      • 2023
    • Pierce Brosnan, Aldis Hodge, Dwayne Johnson, Sarah Shahi, Noah Centineo, Bodhi Sabongui, and Quintessa Swindell in Black Adam (2022)
      Black Adam
      6.2
      • senior animator: DNEG
      • 2022
    • Glen Powell and Jonathan Majors in Devotion (2022)
      Devotion
      6.6
      • senior Animator: DNEG
      • 2022
    • Kenneth Branagh, Annette Bening, Dawn French, Sophie Okonedo, Jennifer Saunders, Russell Brand, Armie Hammer, Gal Gadot, Ali Fazal, Rose Leslie, Letitia Wright, and Tom Bateman in Death on the Nile (2022)
      Death on the Nile
      6.3
      • senior animator: DNEG
      • 2022
    • Halle Berry, Patrick Wilson, and John Bradley in Moonfall (2022)
      Moonfall
      5.1
      • senior animator: DNEG
      • 2022
    • Paul Rudd, Logan Kim, Mckenna Grace, Finn Wolfhard, and Celeste O'Connor in Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021)
      Ghostbusters: Afterlife
      7.0
      • senior animator: DNEG
      • 2021
    • Mark Wahlberg and Chiwetel Ejiofor in Infinite (2021)
      Infinite
      5.5
      • senior animator: DNEG London
      • 2021
    • Leslie Bibb, Josh Duhamel, Elena Kampouris, and Andrew Horton in Jupiter's Legacy (2021)
      Jupiter's Legacy
      6.7
      TV Series
      • senior animator: DNEG
      • 2021
    • Robert Downey Jr., Emma Thompson, Marion Cotillard, Octavia Spencer, John Cena, Selena Gomez, Rami Malek, Kumail Nanjiani, and Tom Holland in Dolittle (2020)
      Dolittle
      5.6
      • senior animator
      • 2020
    • Nicholas Hoult, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Evan Peters, Jessica Chastain, Jennifer Lawrence, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Alexandra Shipp, Sophie Turner, and Tye Sheridan in X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2019)
      X-Men: Dark Phoenix
      5.7
      • animator: MPC
      • 2019
    • Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)
      Godzilla: King of the Monsters
      6.0
      • senior animator
      • 2019
    • Zachary Levi in Shazam! (2019)
      Shazam!
      7.0
      • senior animator: MPC
      • 2019

    Director

    • Luna (2010)
      Luna
      6.5
      Short
      • Director
      • 2010
    • Calaverita (2005)
      Calaverita
      8.9
      Short
      • Director
      • 2005
    • Aquiles
      Short
      • Director
      • 2004

    Visual Effects

    • Kenneth Branagh, Annette Bening, Dawn French, Sophie Okonedo, Jennifer Saunders, Russell Brand, Armie Hammer, Gal Gadot, Ali Fazal, Rose Leslie, Letitia Wright, and Tom Bateman in Death on the Nile (2022)
      Death on the Nile
      6.3
      • animator: DNEG (as Rafael Cardenas Rivera)
      • 2022
    • Woody Harrelson, Tom Hardy, Naomie Harris, and Michelle Williams in Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021)
      Venom: Let There Be Carnage
      5.9
      • 3d artist: Double Negative (as Rafael Cardenas Rivera)
      • 2021

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