Visual Effects
Richard Edlund
- Born
- December 6, 1940
- Place
- Fargo, North Dakota, USA
Biography
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.
Filmography
Known for
7.6The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story
1999
7.7Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic
1993
7.2Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014
8.2Restoring a Legend: Gone with the Wind
2004
5.0The Creep Behind the Camera
2014
7.6Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
2004
7.1Star Wars: Greatest Moments
2015
6.7Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible
2010
6.0Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
2007
2.8Star Trek: The Journey to the Silver Screen
2016
6.9Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
2020
8.0King Kong 60th Anniversary Special: "It was beauty killed the beast."
1992
5.8Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault
2016
7.0Power of Grayskull: The Definitive History of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
2017
7.8Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
2003
7.5The Lost Legacy of Tony Gaudio
2024
9.0Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
1994
10.02010 : The Odyssey Continues
1984