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
2024
- Lost to Time: Unearthing the Primevals as Self
- A Celebration of Tenacity as Self
2022
- LIGHT & MAGIC as Self - Camera Department
- In Search of Tomorrow as Self - Interviewee
2021
- Mad God ... (Associate Producer)
2020
- Empire at 40 as Self
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
- Gravity: Looking to the Stars - The Evolution of Space Films 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
- Return to Jurassic Park as Self
- Super 8 ... (Visual Effects Supervisor)
2010
2008
2007
- Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001 as Self
- The Pixar Story as Self
- Nexus Generation: Fans & Filmmakers as Self
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
2002
- Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones ... (Visual Effects Supervisor)
2001
- A.I. Artificial Intelligence ... (Visual Effects Supervisor)
- The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' as Self
- R2-D2: Beneath the Dome 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
- The Harryhausen Chronicles as Self
- Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery as Self
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
- Ghostbusters II ... (Visual Effects Supervisor)
- The Abyss ... (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
- From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga as Self
- Return of the Jedi ... (Visual Effects Supervisor)
- 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)
1970
- Equinox ... (Associate Producer)
1967
- The Equinox ... A Journey into the Supernatural ... (Producer)
1965
- Dancing Beer Bottles ... (Animation)