Dennis Muren
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.
Filmography · 41
Raiders of the Lost Ark
1981 · Nazi Spy on the Airpla...
LIGHT & MAGIC
2022 · Self
Return to Jurassic Park
2011 · Self
Spielberg
2017 · Self
The Pixar Story
2007 · Self
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
2001 · Self
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
1995 · Self
Side by Side
2012 · Self
George Lucas: Creating an Empire
2005 · Self
The Making of 'The Lost World'
1997 · Self
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
1980 · Self
Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
2005 · Self
In Search of Tomorrow
2022 · Self - Interviewee
From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic
1999 · Self
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
2012 · Self
T2: Reprogramming The Terminator
2017 · Self
The Harryhausen Chronicles
1997 · Self
The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'
1996 · Self
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
1997 · Self
Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi
1983 · Self
The Making of 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'
1984 · Self
The Making of 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day'
1991 · Self
Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible
2010 · Self
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
1994 · Self
The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
2001 · Self
From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga
1983 · Self
The Sci-Fi Boys
2006 · Self
Willow: The Making of an Adventure
1988 · Self - Visual Effects
Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
2015 · Self
Shrinkage: The Making of Innerspace
2026 · Self
Nexus Generation: Fans & Filmmakers
2007 · Self
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
2007 · Self
Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters
2019 · Self
Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
2006 · Self
Lost to Time: Unearthing the Primevals
2024 · Self
From Morf to Morphing: The Dawn of Digital Filmmaking
2001 · Self - Senior Visual E...
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
2007 · Self
Ray Harryhausen: Working with Dinosaurs
1999 · Self
No Feat But What We Make: 'Terminator 2' and the Rise of Digital Effects
2003
Crossing the Frontier: Making The Last Starfighter
1999 · Self
Bob Burns' Hollywood Haloween
2011 · Self