Dennis Muren
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2024 ·A Celebration of Tenacityas Self
- 2024 ·Lost in Time: Unearthing the Primevalsas Self
- 2022 ·Light & Magicas Self - Camera Department
- 2022 ·In Search of Tomorrowas Self - Interviewee
- 2020 ·Empire at 40as Self
- 2019 ·Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monstersas Self
- 2017 ·T2: Reprogramming The Terminatoras Self
- 2017 ·Spielbergas Self
- 2017 ·Finding Harryhausen with Dennis Murenas Himself
- 2015 ·Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complexas Self
- 2014 ·Ralph McQuarrie: Tribute to a Masteras Self
- 2013 ·From Morf to Morphing: The Dawn of Digital Filmmakingas Self - Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
- 2012 ·Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titanas Self
- 2012 ·Side by Sideas Self
- 2011 ·Return to Jurassic Parkas Self
- 2010 ·Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossibleas Self
- 2008 ·Visual Effects: The Thief of Bagdadas Self
- 2007 ·Nexus Generation: Fans & Filmmakersas Self
- 2007 ·Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001as Self
- 2007 ·The Pixar Storyas Self
- 2006 ·Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planetas Self
- 2006 ·The Sci-Fi Boysas Self
- 2005 ·George Lucas: Creating an Empireas Self
- 2003 ·No Feat But What We Make: 'Terminator 2' and the Rise of Digital Effectsas
- 2001 ·R2-D2: Beneath the Domeas Self
- 2001 ·The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'as Self
- 1999 ·Ray Harryhausen: Working with Dinosaursas Self
- 1999 ·Crossing the Frontier: Making The Last Starfighteras Self
- 1999 ·From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magicas Self
- 1997 ·The Making of 'The Lost World'as Self
- 1997 ·Star Wars: The Magic & the Mysteryas Self
- 1997 ·The Harryhausen Chroniclesas Self
- 1996 ·The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'as Self
- 1995 ·The Making of 'Jurassic Park'as Self
- 1994 ·Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effectsas Self
- 1991 ·The Making of 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day'as Self
- 1988 ·Willow: The Making of an Adventureas Self - Visual Effects
- 1984 ·The Making of 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'as Self
- 1983 ·From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Sagaas Self
- 1983 ·Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedias Self
- 1981 ·Raiders of the Lost Arkas Nazi Spy on the Airplane (uncredited)