Visual Effects
John Dykstra
EN cinema · 37 credits
Born
3 June 1947 (age 79)
Birthplace
Long Beach, California, USA
Also known as John Charles Dykstra · John C. 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.
Known for
Filmography
How to Train Your Dragon
Production Consultant
Dolittle
Visual Effects Supervisor
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Visual Effects Designer
Kong: Skull Island
Visual Effects Supervisor
Ghost in the Shell
Visual Effects Supervisor
X-Men: Apocalypse
Visual Effects Designer
Seventh Son
Visual Effects Designer, Visual Effects Supervisor
X-Men: First Class
Visual Effects Designer
Inglourious Basterds
Visual Effects Designer
Hancock
Visual Effects Designer, Visual Effects Supervisor
Spider-Man 2
Visual Effects Designer
Spider-Man
Visual Effects Designer
Stuart Little
Second Unit Director, Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
Batman & Robin
Visual Effects
Riddle Me This: Why Is Batman Forever?
as Self - Visual Effects Supervisor
Batman Forever
Visual Effects Supervisor
My Stepmother Is an Alien
Visual Effects Supervisor
Invaders from Mars
Visual Effects Producer, Second Unit Director
Lifeforce
Visual Effects
Caddyshack
Special Effects Supervisor
Avalanche Express
Special Effects
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Visual Effects
Battlestar Galactica
Producer
Star Wars
Visual Effects