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Douglas Trumbull

Born: 1942-04-08 in Los Angeles, California, USA

Died: 2022-02-07

Known For: Visual Effects

Biography

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.

Filmography

2025

The Alien Perspective

2022

In Search of Tomorrow as Self - Interviewee
Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey

2021

The Blade Runner Phenomenon as Self - Visual Effects Supervisor (1982)

2020

Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind as Self

2019

The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot ... (Executive Producer)

2018

Trumbull Land as Self
Chesley Bonestell: A Brush with the Future as Self

2014

The Real History of Science Fiction as Self
UFOTOG ... (Director)

2013

Jodorowsky's Dune as Self - V/FX Artist (archive footage)
C 299,792 km/s ... (Thanks)

2011

The Tree of Life ... (Visual Effects)
Exploring 'The Tree of Life' as Self

2007

Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner as Self
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001 as Self
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001 as Self
2001: FX and Early Conceptual Artwork as Self

2003

The Andromeda Strain: Making the Film as Self

2002

'Silent Running' By Director Douglas Trumbull as Self
Douglas Trumbull: Then and Now as Self

2001

Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures as Self
2001: The Making of a Myth as Self (as Doug Trumbull)
The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' as Self
2001 and Beyond as Self

2000

On the Edge of 'Blade Runner' as Self

1993

In Search of the Obelisk ... (Director)

1983

Brainstorm ... (Director)
New Magic ... (Director)

1982

Blade Runner ... (Visual Effects)

1979

Star Trek: The Motion Picture ... (Visual Effects)
Since '45 as Self - In new expanded version

1978

Night of Dreams ... (Director)

1977

Close Encounters of the Third Kind ... (Visual Effects Director)

1973

The Starlost ... (Executive Producer)

1972

Silent Running ... (Director)
The Making of Silent Running as Self

1971

The Andromeda Strain ... (Visual Effects)

1968

2001: A Space Odyssey ... (Visual Effects)
Candy ... (Visual Effects)

1964

To the Moon and Beyond ... (Visual Effects)