Visual Effects

Dennis Muren

Visual Effects · Born 1946-11-01 · Glendale, California, USA

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.

Credits · 62

LIGHT & MAGIC
2022 · Self
Film
In Search of Tomorrow
2022 · Self - Interviewee
Film
Mad God
2021 · Associate Producer
Film
Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters
2019 · Self
Film
T2: Reprogramming The Terminator
2017 · Self
Film
Spielberg
2017 · Self
Film
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2015 · Creative Consultant
Film
Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
2015 · Self
Film
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
2012 · Self
Film
Side by Side
2012 · Self
Film
Super 8
2011 · Visual Effects Supervisor
Film
Return to Jurassic Park
2011 · Self
Film
Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible
2010 · Self
Visual Effects: The Thief of Bagdad
Film
Visual Effects: The Thief of Bagdad
2008 · Self
Film
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
2007 · Self
Film
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
2007 · Self
Film
The Pixar Story
2007 · Self
Film
Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
2006 · Self
Film
The Sci-Fi Boys
2006 · Self
Film
War of the Worlds
2005 · Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
Film
George Lucas: Creating an Empire
2005 · Self
Film
Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
2005 · Self
Film
Hulk
2003 · Visual Effects Supervisor
Film
No Feat But What We Make: 'Terminator 2' and the Rise of Digital Effects
2003
Film
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
2002 · Visual Effects Supervisor
Film
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
2001 · Self
Film
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
2001 · Visual Effects Supervisor
Film
The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
2001 · Self
Film
From Morf to Morphing: The Dawn of Digital Filmmaking
2001 · Self - Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
Film
Ray Harryhausen: Working with Dinosaurs
1999 · Self
Film
Crossing the Frontier: Making The Last Starfighter
1999 · Self
Film
From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic
1999 · Self
Film
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1999 · Visual Effects Supervisor
Film
Deconstructing Harry
1997 · Creative Consultant
Film
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
1997 · Visual Effects Supervisor
Film
The Making of 'The Lost World'
1997 · Self
Film
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
1997 · Self
Film
The Harryhausen Chronicles
1997 · Self
Film
The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'
1996 · Self
Film
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
1995 · Self
Film
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
1994 · Self
Film
Jurassic Park
1993 · Visual Effects Supervisor
Film
The Making of 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day'
1991 · Self
Film
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1991 · Visual Effects Supervisor
Film
The Abyss
1989 · Visual Effects Supervisor
Film
Ghostbusters II
1989 · Visual Effects Supervisor
Film
Willow: The Making of an Adventure
1988 · Self - Visual Effects
Film
Innerspace
1987 · Visual Effects Supervisor
Film
Young Sherlock Holmes
1985 · Visual Effects Supervisor
Film
The Ewok Adventure
1984 · Special Effects
Film
The Making of 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'
1984 · Self
Film
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
1984 · Visual Effects Supervisor
Film
From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga
1983 · Self
Film
Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi
1983 · Self
Film
Return of the Jedi
1983 · Visual Effects Supervisor
Film
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1982 · Visual Effects Supervisor
Film
Dragonslayer
1981 · Visual Effects Supervisor
Film
Raiders of the Lost Ark
1981 · Nazi Spy on the Airplane (uncredited)
Film
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
1980 · Self
Film '72
Film '72
1971 · Self
Film
Equinox
1970 · Associate Producer
Film
The Equinox ... A Journey into the Supernatural
1967 · Director
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