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One of Hollywood's most sought after animal trainers, head trainer/coordinator at Birds & Animals Unlimited, MIKE ALEXANDER (Head Animal Trainer) worked closely with the canine stars, coordinating two animal units and training the lead team of dogs for Eight Below -- along with their stand-ins and sled dog doubles - teaching them such primal skills as digging a bed in the snow, performing ice rescues and battling with prosthetic seals.  Alexander most recently 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.  His most recent work includes the forthcoming Ben Stiller comedy “A Night at the Museum,” in which an ancient curse brings the animals in a natural history museum to life, and Michael Lehmann's romantic comedy “Because I Said So” with Diane Keaton and Mandy Moore.

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