Visual Effects
Dennis Muren
EN, FR cinema · 69 credits
Born
1 November 1946 (age 80)
Birthplace
Glendale, California, USA
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
Filmography
Lost to Time: Unearthing the Primevals
as Self, Thanks
In Search of Tomorrow
as Self - Interviewee
Mad God
Associate Producer
Finding Harryhausen with Dennis Muren
2017
Finding Harryhausen with Dennis Muren
as Himself
Spielberg
as Self
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Creative Consultant
Side by Side
as Self
Super 8
Visual Effects Supervisor
The Pixar Story
as Self
The Sci-Fi Boys
as Self
War of the Worlds
Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
Hulk
Visual Effects Supervisor
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Visual Effects Supervisor
From Morf to Morphing: The Dawn of Digital Filmmaking
as Self - Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Visual Effects Supervisor
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Visual Effects Supervisor
Deconstructing Harry
Creative Consultant
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Visual Effects Supervisor
Jurassic Park
Visual Effects Supervisor
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Visual Effects Supervisor
Ghostbusters II
Visual Effects Supervisor
The Abyss
Visual Effects Supervisor
Willow: The Making of an Adventure
as Self - Visual Effects
Innerspace
Visual Effects Supervisor
Young Sherlock Holmes
Visual Effects Supervisor
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Visual Effects Supervisor
The Ewok Adventure
Special Effects
Return of the Jedi
Visual Effects Supervisor
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Visual Effects Supervisor
Raiders of the Lost Ark
as Nazi Spy on the Airplane (uncredited)
Dragonslayer
Visual Effects Supervisor
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
as Self, Additional Photography
Equinox
Associate Producer, Special Effects
The Equinox ... A Journey into the Supernatural
Producer, Special Effects, Director
Dancing Beer Bottles
Animation, Director