Dennis Muren
Born: 1946-11-01 in Glendale, California, USA
Known For: Visual Effects
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.
Filmography
2026
2024
- Lost to Time: Unearthing the Primevals as Self
- A Celebration of Tenacity as Self
2022
- LIGHT & MAGIC as Self
- In Search of Tomorrow as Self - Interviewee
2021
- Mad God ... (Associate Producer)
2019
2017
- Spielberg as Self
- T2: Reprogramming The Terminator as Self
- Finding Harryhausen with Dennis Muren as Himself
2015
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens ... (Creative Consultant)
- Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex as Self
2013
- From Morf to Morphing: The Dawn of Digital Filmmaking as Self - Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
2012
- Side by Side as Self
- Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan as Self
2011
- Super 8 ... (Visual Effects Supervisor)
- Return to Jurassic Park as Self
2010
2008
2007
2006
2005
- War of the Worlds ... (Senior Visual Effects Supervisor)
- George Lucas: Creating an Empire as Self
- Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection as Self
2003
- Hulk ... (Visual Effects Supervisor)
- No Feat But What We Make: 'Terminator 2' and the Rise of Digital Effects
- The Making of 'Hulk' as Self
2002
- Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones ... (Visual Effects Supervisor)
2001
- A.I. Artificial Intelligence ... (Visual Effects Supervisor)
- R2-D2: Beneath the Dome as Self
- The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' as Self
1999
- Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace ... (Visual Effects Supervisor)
- From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic as Self
- Ray Harryhausen: Working with Dinosaurs as Self
- Crossing the Frontier: Making The Last Starfighter as Self
1997
- Deconstructing Harry ... (Creative Consultant)
- The Making of 'The Lost World' as Self
- Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery as Self
- The Harryhausen Chronicles as Self
- The Lost World: Jurassic Park ... (Visual Effects Supervisor)
1996
1995
- The Making of 'Jurassic Park' as Self
1994
1993
- Jurassic Park ... (Visual Effects Supervisor)
1991
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day ... (Visual Effects Supervisor)
- The Making of 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day' as Self
1989
- The Abyss ... (Visual Effects Supervisor)
- Ghostbusters II ... (Visual Effects Supervisor)
1988
- Willow: The Making of an Adventure as Self - Visual Effects
1987
- Innerspace ... (Visual Effects Supervisor)
1985
- Young Sherlock Holmes ... (Visual Effects Supervisor)
1984
- Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom ... (Visual Effects Supervisor)
- The Ewok Adventure ... (Special Effects)
- The Making of 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom' as Self
1983
- Return of the Jedi ... (Visual Effects Supervisor)
- From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga as Self
- Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi as Self
1982
- E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial ... (Visual Effects Supervisor)
1981
- Raiders of the Lost Ark as Nazi Spy on the Airplane (uncredited)
- Dragonslayer ... (Visual Effects Supervisor)
1980
- SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back as Self
1970
- Equinox ... (Associate Producer)
1968
- Raiders of the Stone Ring ... (Writer)
1967
- The Equinox ... A Journey into the Supernatural ... (Director)
1965
- Dancing Beer Bottles ... (Director)