Visual Effects
Richard Edlund
EN, NL cinema · 53 credits
Born
6 December 1940 (age 85)
Birthplace
Fargo, North Dakota, USA
Richard Edlund, ASC (born December 6, 1940) is an American visual effects artist and inventor. He was a founding member of Industrial Light & Magic, having already founded Pignose amplifiers, and later co-founded Boss Film Studios and DuMonde VFX. He has won two Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects (1978, Star Wars; 1982, Raiders of the Lost Ark), two Special Achievement Awards, two Scientific and Technical Awards, and the Medal of Commendation. He is also a recipient of the BAFTA and Emmy Awards. Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Edlund, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
Power of Grayskull: The Definitive History of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
as Self - Visual Effects Designer / Cinematographer
Barely Lethal
Visual Effects Supervisor
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
as Self - Visual Effects Supervisor
The Creep Behind the Camera
as Himself
Toy Masters
as Self
Bullet to the Head
Visual Effects Supervisor
21 Jump Street
Visual Effects Supervisor
Charlie Wilson's War
Visual Effects Supervisor
The Stepford Wives
Visual Effects Design Consultant
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
as Self (archive footage)
Bedazzled
Visual Effects Supervisor
Air Force One
Visual Effects Supervisor
Species
Visual Effects Supervisor
Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic
as Self - Special Effects Director
Solar Crisis
Producer
Alien³
Visual Effects Producer
Ghost
Visual Effects Supervisor
Vibes
Visual Effects Producer
Die Hard
Visual Effects Producer
Big Top Pee-wee
Visual Effects Producer
Leonard Part 6
Visual Effects Producer
Masters of the Universe
Visual Effects Supervisor
The Monster Squad
Visual Effects Supervisor
Solarbabies
Visual Effects Producer
Big Trouble in Little China
Visual Effects Producer
Legal Eagles
Visual Effects Supervisor
Fright Night
Visual Effects Producer
Ghostbusters
Visual Effects
Return of the Jedi
Visual Effects
Poltergeist
Visual Effects Supervisor
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Visual Effects Supervisor
The Empire Strikes Back
Visual Effects
The China Syndrome
Visual Effects Camera
Star Wars
Visual Effects