
Visual Effects
Douglas Trumbull
Visual Effects · Born 1942-04-08 · Los Angeles, California, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Douglas Huntley Trumbull (April 8, 1942, Los Angeles- 7th February 2022 ) is an American film director, special effects supervisor, and inventor. He contributed to, or was responsible for, the special photographic effects of 2001: A Space Odyssey, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Star Trek: The Motion Picture and Blade Runner, and directed the movies Silent Running and Brainstorm. Description above from the Wikipedia article Douglas Trumbull licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Credits · 39
FilmThe Alien Perspective
2025
FilmSplice Here: A Projected Odyssey
2022
FilmIn Search of Tomorrow
2022 · Self - Interviewee
FilmThe Blade Runner Phenomenon
2021 · Self - Visual Effects Supervisor (1982)
FilmNatalie Wood: What Remains Behind
2020 · Self
FilmThe Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot
2019 · Executive Producer
FilmTrumbull Land
2018 · Self
FilmChesley Bonestell: A Brush with the Future
2018 · Self
UFOTOG
FilmUFOTOG
2014 · Director

The Real History of Science Fiction
2014 · Self
FilmJodorowsky's Dune
2013 · Self - V/FX Artist (archive footage)
FilmC 299,792 km/s
2013 · Thanks
Exploring 'The Tree of Life'
FilmExploring 'The Tree of Life'
2011 · Self
FilmThe Tree of Life
2011 · Visual Effects
FilmDangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
2007 · Self
FilmVision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
2007 · Self
FilmStanding on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
2007 · Self
FilmThe Andromeda Strain: Making the Film
2003 · Self
FilmThe Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
2001 · Self
FilmStanley Kubrick - Ein Leben für den Film
2001 · Self
Film2001: The Making of a Myth
2001 · Self (as Doug Trumbull)
Film2001 and Beyond
2001 · Self
FilmOn the Edge of 'Blade Runner'
2000 · Self
FilmIn Search of the Obelisk
1993 · Director
FilmBack to the Future: The Ride
1992 · Director
FilmBrainstorm
1983 · Director
New Magic
FilmNew Magic
1983 · Director
FilmBlade Runner
1982 · Visual Effects
FilmStar Trek: The Motion Picture
1979 · Visual Effects
Since '45
FilmSince '45
1979 · Self - In new expanded version
Night of Dreams
FilmNight of Dreams
1978 · Director
FilmClose Encounters of the Third Kind
1977 · Visual Effects Supervisor

The Starlost
1973 · Executive Producer
FilmSilent Running
1972 · Director
FilmThe Making of Silent Running
1972 · Self
FilmThe Andromeda Strain
1971 · Visual Effects
FilmCandy
1968 · Visual Effects
Film2001: A Space Odyssey
1968 · Visual Effects
FilmTo Dream Of Roses
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