John Dykstra
Born: 1947-06-03 in Long Beach, California, USA
Known For: Visual Effects
Biography
John Charles Dykstra, A.S.C. (/ˈdaɪkstrə/; born June 3, 1947) is an American special effects artist, a pioneer in developing computers in filmmaking and a recipient of three Academy Awards, among many other awards and prizes. He was one of the original employees of Industrial Light & Magic, the special effects and computer graphics division of Lucasfilm. He is well known as the special effects lead on the original Star Wars, helping bring the original visuals for lightsabers, space battles between X-wings and TIE fighters, and Force powers to the screen. He also led special effects on many other movies, including Batman Forever, Batman & Robin, Stuart Little, X-Men: First Class, Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Dykstra, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2022
- LIGHT & MAGIC as Self - Visual Effects Supervisor
2021
2020
- Dolittle ... (Visual Effects Supervisor)
2019
- Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood ... (Visual Effects Designer)
2017
- Kong: Skull Island ... (Visual Effects Supervisor)
- Ghost in the Shell ... (Visual Effects Supervisor)
2016
- X-Men: Apocalypse ... (Visual Effects Supervisor)
2014
- Seventh Son ... (Visual Effects Designer)
2011
- Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class
- X-Men: First Class ... (Visual Effects Supervisor)
2010
2009
- Inglourious Basterds ... (Visual Effects Designer)
2008
- Hancock ... (Visual Effects Designer)
2007
2006
2005
2004
- Spider-Man 2 ... (Visual Effects Designer)
- 8 Arms to Hold You as Self
2002
- Spider-Man ... (Visual Effects Designer)
- Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man' as Self
2000
1999
- Stuart Little ... (Second Unit Director)
- Stuart Little: Making It Big as Self
1997
- Batman & Robin ... (Visual Effects)
1995
- Batman Forever ... (Visual Effects Supervisor)
- Riddle Me This: Why Is Batman Forever? as Self - Visual Effects Supervisor
1988
- My Stepmother Is an Alien ... (Visual Effects Supervisor)
1986
- Invaders from Mars ... (Visual Effects Producer)
1985
- Lifeforce ... (Visual Effects)
- The Making Of Lifeforce as Self
1982
- Clint Eastwood: Director as Self
1980
- Caddyshack ... (Special Effects Supervisor)
1979
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture ... (Visual Effects)
- Avalanche Express ... (Special Effects)
1978
- Battlestar Galactica ... (Producer)
1953
- The Oscars as Self