Dennis Muren

Known for Visual EffectsBorn 1946-11-01 (age 79)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.Read more

Movies & web series

Crossing the Frontier: Making The Last Starfighter

Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects

Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi

Ray Harryhausen: Working with Dinosaurs

SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection

LIGHT & MAGIC

Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery

Jurassic Park

From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic

Return of the Jedi

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Spielberg

Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters

The Pixar Story

T2: Reprogramming The Terminator

Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan

Side by Side

The Making of 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'

The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga

The Making of 'Jurassic Park'

The Abyss

Deconstructing Harry

Willow: The Making of an Adventure

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

Visual Effects: The Thief of Bagdad

A.I. Artificial Intelligence

The Sci-Fi Boys

No Feat But What We Make: 'Terminator 2' and the Rise of Digital Effects

The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'

Mad God

The Making of 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day'

The Harryhausen Chronicles

Super 8

The Making of 'The Lost World'

In Search of Tomorrow

Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible

Return to Jurassic Park

R2-D2: Beneath the Dome

Innerspace

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

War of the Worlds

Young Sherlock Holmes