Dennis Muren
Visual Effects
- Born:
- 1946-11-01
- Place of birth:
- Glendale, California, USA
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
Shrinkage: The Making of Innerspace
A Celebration of Tenacity
Lost to Time: Unearthing the Primevals
LIGHT & MAGIC
In Search of Tomorrow
Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters
T2: Reprogramming The Terminator
Spielberg
Finding Harryhausen with Dennis Muren
Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
Side by Side
Return to Jurassic Park
Bob Burns' Hollywood Haloween
Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible
Visual Effects: The Thief of Bagdad
Nexus Generation: Fans & Filmmakers
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
The Pixar Story
Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
The Sci-Fi Boys
Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
The Making of 'Hulk'
No Feat But What We Make: 'Terminator 2' and the Rise of Digital Effects
George Lucas: Creating an Empire
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
From Morf to Morphing: The Dawn of Digital Filmmaking
Ray Harryhausen: Working with Dinosaurs
Crossing the Frontier: Making The Last Starfighter
From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic
The Making of 'The Lost World'
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
The Harryhausen Chronicles
The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
The Making of 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day'
Willow: The Making of an Adventure
The Making of 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'
From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga
Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi
Raiders of the Lost Ark
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
Film '72