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 Tenacity as Self
- 2024 · Lost in Time: Unearthing the Primevals as Self
- 2022 · Light & Magic as Self - Camera Department
- 2022 · In Search of Tomorrow as Self - Interviewee
- 2020 · Empire at 40 as Self
- 2019 · Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters as Self
- 2017 · T2: Reprogramming The Terminator as Self
- 2017 · Spielberg as Self
- 2017 · Finding Harryhausen with Dennis Muren as Himself
- 2015 · Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex as Self
- 2014 · Ralph McQuarrie: Tribute to a Master as Self
- 2013 · From Morf to Morphing: The Dawn of Digital Filmmaking as Self - Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
- 2012 · Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan as Self
- 2012 · Side by Side as Self
- 2011 · Return to Jurassic Park as Self
- 2010 · Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible as Self
- 2008 · Visual Effects: The Thief of Bagdad as Self
- 2007 · Nexus Generation: Fans & Filmmakers as Self
- 2007 · Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001 as Self
- 2007 · The Pixar Story as Self
- 2006 · Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet as Self
- 2006 · The Sci-Fi Boys as Self
- 2005 · George Lucas: Creating an Empire as Self
- 2003 · No Feat But What We Make: 'Terminator 2' and the Rise of Digital Effects as
- 2001 · R2-D2: Beneath the Dome as Self
- 2001 · The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' as Self
- 1999 · Ray Harryhausen: Working with Dinosaurs as Self
- 1999 · Crossing the Frontier: Making The Last Starfighter as Self
- 1999 · From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic as Self
- 1997 · The Making of 'The Lost World' as Self
- 1997 · Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery as Self
- 1997 · The Harryhausen Chronicles as 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 Effects as Self
- 1991 · The Making of 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day' as Self
- 1988 · Willow: The Making of an Adventure as 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 Saga as Self
- 1983 · Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi as Self
- 1981 · Raiders of the Lost Ark as Nazi Spy on the Airplane (uncredited)