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.
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Nexus Generation: Fans & Filmmakers
0
The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'
7.4
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
0
The Sci-Fi Boys
7
Side by Side
7.24
George Lucas: Creating an Empire
0
Finding Harryhausen with Dennis Muren
0
The Pixar Story
7.6
Ray Harryhausen: Working with Dinosaurs
7
Visual Effects: The Thief of Bagdad
7
Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
7.241
Raiders of the Lost Ark
7.924
Lost in Time: Unearthing the Primevals
0
A Celebration of Tenacity
0
The Harryhausen Chronicles
6.5
The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
6.9
Spielberg
7.57
Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible
6.7
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
7.2
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
6
Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi
8.5
Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters
7.5
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
7.4
Return to Jurassic Park
6.6
From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic
7.9
The Making of 'The Lost World'
6.8
Willow: The Making of an Adventure
6.8
From Morf to Morphing: The Dawn of Digital Filmmaking
3.7
In Search of Tomorrow
6.5
Empire at 40
0
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
6.5
Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
4.5
The Making of 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day'
7
T2: Reprogramming The Terminator
7.3
No Feat But What We Make: 'Terminator 2' and the Rise of Digital Effects
6.3
The Making of 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'
7.4
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
0
Crossing the Frontier: Making The Last Starfighter
10
From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga
7.1