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Dennis Muren

Visual Effects
Known For

78 Years Old

Dennis Muren, A.S.C. (born November 1, 1946) is an American film visual effects artist and supervisor. He has worked on the films of George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, and James Cameron, among others, and has won nine Oscars in total: eight for Best Visual Effects and a Technical Achievement Academy Award. The Visual Effects Society has called him "a perpetual student, teacher, innovator, and mentor." He has been identified as "a pioneer in bringing a new wave of visual effects films to the public, opening the doors for screenwriters and directors to tell stories never before possible with a new realism through the use of his skills in cinematic arts and advanced technologies." According to Spielberg, Muren "set the example at Industrial Light & Magic for visual effects excellence with effects that add strong, appropriate emotion to a shot and fit seamlessly into a movie." Description above from the Wikipedia article Dennis Muren, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born

Glendale, California, USA on 1st November 1946

All Credits

LIGHT & MAGIC Image
LIGHT & MAGIC
Self - Visual Effects Supervisor
LIGHT & MAGIC Image
LIGHT & MAGIC
Self - Camera Department
Raiders of the Lost Ark Image
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Nazi Spy on the Airplane (uncredited)
The Making of 'Jurassic Park' Image
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
Self
Return to Jurassic Park Image
Return to Jurassic Park
Self
Side by Side Image
Side by Side
Self
The Pixar Story Image
The Pixar Story
Self
Spielberg Image
Spielberg
Self
The Making of 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day' Image
The Making of 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day'
Self
The Sci-Fi Boys Image
The Sci-Fi Boys
Self
Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet Image
Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
Self
In Search of Tomorrow Image
In Search of Tomorrow
Self - Interviewee
From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga Image
From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga
Self
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan Image
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
Self
No Feat But What We Make: 'Terminator 2' and the Rise of Digital Effects Image
No Feat But What We Make: 'Terminator 2' and the Rise of Digital Effects
T2: Reprogramming The Terminator Image
T2: Reprogramming The Terminator
Self
From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic Image
From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic
Self
The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' Image
The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
Self
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome Image
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
Self
The Making of 'The Lost World' Image
The Making of 'The Lost World'
Self
George Lucas: Creating an Empire Image
George Lucas: Creating an Empire
Self
Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex Image
Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
Self
Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters Image
Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters
Self
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects Image
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
Self
The Making of 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom' Image
The Making of 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'
Self
The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial' Image
The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'
Self
From Morf to Morphing: The Dawn of Digital Filmmaking Image
From Morf to Morphing: The Dawn of Digital Filmmaking
Self - Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible Image
Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible
Self
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery Image
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
Self
Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi Image
Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi
Self
Willow: The Making of an Adventure Image
Willow: The Making of an Adventure
Self - Visual Effects
The Harryhausen Chronicles Image
The Harryhausen Chronicles
Self
Lost in Time: Unearthing the Primevals Image
Lost in Time: Unearthing the Primevals
Self
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001 Image
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
Self
Ray Harryhausen: Working with Dinosaurs Image
Ray Harryhausen: Working with Dinosaurs
Self
No Image
Visual Effects: The Thief of Bagdad
Self
Empire at 40 Image
Empire at 40
Self
No Image
Nexus Generation: Fans & Filmmakers
Self
No Image
A Celebration of Tenacity
Self
Crossing the Frontier: Making The Last Starfighter Image
Crossing the Frontier: Making The Last Starfighter
Self
No Image
Finding Harryhausen with Dennis Muren
Himself