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Richard Edlund

Richard Edlund

Known for: Visual Effects

Born 06/12/1940
Place of birth 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.

Filmography

The Oscars Series ★ 7,0

The Oscars

Self

1953

LIGHT & MAGIC Series ★ 7,9

LIGHT & MAGIC

Self

2022

LIGHT & MAGIC Series ★ 7,9

LIGHT & MAGIC

Self - Visual Effects Supervisor

2022

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films Film ★ 7,2

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

Self - Visual Effects Supervisor

2014

Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy Film ★ 7,6

Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy

Self

2004

Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters Film ★ 6,9

Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters

Self

2020

SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back Film ★ 8,3

SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back

Self

1980

Star Trek: The Journey to the Silver Screen Series ★ 1,5

Star Trek: The Journey to the Silver Screen

2016

Star Wars: Greatest Moments Film ★ 7,1

Star Wars: Greatest Moments

Self

2015

2010 : The Odyssey Continues Film ★ 10,0

2010 : The Odyssey Continues

Himself

1984

Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects Film ★ 9,0

Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects

Self

1994

Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection Film ★ 8,0

Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection

Self

2005

Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible Film ★ 6,7

Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible

Self

2010

Power of Grayskull: The Definitive History of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe Film ★ 7,0

Power of Grayskull: The Definitive History of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe

Self - Visual Effects Designer / Cinematographer

2017

Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³' Film ★ 7,8

Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'

Self (archive footage)

2003

Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic Film ★ 7,7

Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic

Self - Special Effects Director

1993

Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault Film ★ 5,8

Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault

Self

2016

The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story Film ★ 7,8

The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story

Himself

1999

Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001 Film ★ 6,0

Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001

Self

2007

Rubberhead: The Life & Monsters of Steve Johnson Film

Rubberhead: The Life & Monsters of Steve Johnson

Self

2026

Toy Masters Film ★ 5,3

Toy Masters

Self

2014

Star Trek: The Journey to the Silver Screen Film ★ 2,8

Star Trek: The Journey to the Silver Screen

Self

2016

The Creep Behind the Camera Film ★ 5,0

The Creep Behind the Camera

Himself

2014

The Lost Legacy of Tony Gaudio Film ★ 7,5

The Lost Legacy of Tony Gaudio

Self

2024

King Kong 60th Anniversary Special: "It was beauty killed the beast." Film ★ 8,0

King Kong 60th Anniversary Special: "It was beauty killed the beast."

Self

1992

Restoring a Legend: Gone with the Wind Film ★ 8,8

Restoring a Legend: Gone with the Wind

Himself

2004