Michael Alexander

Michael Alexander

MIKE ALEXANDER (Head Trainer/Animal Coordinator) of Birds & Animals
Unlimited is one of Hollywood's most sought after animal trainers and coordinators. For
“Beverly Hills Chihuahua” he led a team that at times swelled to over 60 trainers to prepare and care for the over 200 animals that appear in the film. No stranger to large scale films involving animals, his recent credits include the Ben Stiller comedy “A Night at the Museum,” in which an ancient curse brings the animals in a natural history museum to life; and “Eight Below” for which he coordinating two animal units and the training of the lead team of sled dogs, their stand-ins and sled dog doubles.

His other recent work includes “License to Wed” starring Robin Williams and Mandy
Moore; and Michael Lehmann's romantic comedy “Because I Said So” with Diane Keaton and Mandy Moore.

Alexander also served as head animal trainer on Tim Burton's hit “Charlie and the
Chocolate Factory,” training an entire assembly line of squirrels. Among his extensive credits, which also include numerous television and commercial projects, are the feature films “Harry Potter & The Chamber of Secrets,” “Planet of the Apes,” “Garfield,” “Corky Romano,” “Cheaper By The Dozen,” “Homeward Bound II,” “Jungle Book II,” “Instinct,” “Multiplicity,” “Phenomenon,” “The Flintstones” and “The Beverly Hillbillies,” among others.

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