John Dykstra
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.
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- 2021 · The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek as Self
- 2011 · Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class as
- 2010 · Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible as Self
- 2007 · Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001 as Self
- 2006 · Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon as Self
- 2006 · Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet as Self
- 2005 · The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz as Self
- 2004 · 8 Arms to Hold You as Self
- 2002 · Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man' as Self
- 2000 · Sciography as
- 1999 · Stuart Little: Making It Big as Self
- 1995 · Riddle Me This: Why Is Batman Forever? as Self - Visual Effects Supervisor
- 1982 · Clint Eastwood: Director as Himself
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self