John Dykstra

    John Dykstra

    June 3, 1947 (77 years old) in Long Beach, California, USA

    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.

    Known For

    LIGHT & MAGICLIGHT & MAGIC
    The OscarsThe Oscars
    The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star TrekThe Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek
    Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the ImpossibleIndustrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible
    Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First ClassChildren of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class

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