Dennis Muren
Known for: Visual Effects
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.
Filmography
Film '72
Self
1971
Film
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Nazi Spy on the Airplane (uncredited)
1981
Series
LIGHT & MAGIC
Self
2022
Film
The Pixar Story
Self
2007
Film
Side by Side
Self
2012
Film
Spielberg
Self
2017
Film
The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'
Self
1996
Film
Return to Jurassic Park
Self
2011
Film
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
Self
1995
Film
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
Self
2012
Film
The Harryhausen Chronicles
Self
1997
Film
George Lucas: Creating an Empire
Self
2005
Film
From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic
Self
1999
Film
The Making of 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day'
Self
1991
Film
T2: Reprogramming The Terminator
Self
2017
Film
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
Self
1994
Film
Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
Self
2015
Film
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
Self
1997
Film
The Making of 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'
Self
1984
Film
Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters
Self
2019
Film
Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
Self
2005
Film
Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible
Self
2010
The Making of 'Hulk'
Self
2003
Film
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
Self
1980
Film
In Search of Tomorrow
Self - Interviewee
2022
Film
The Making of 'The Lost World'
Self
1997
Film
The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
Self
2001
Film
From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga
Self
1983
Film
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
Self
2001
Film
Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi
Self
1983
Film
The Sci-Fi Boys
Self
2006
Film
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
Self
2007
Film
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
Self
2007
Film
Willow: The Making of an Adventure
Self - Visual Effects
1988
Film
Ray Harryhausen: Working with Dinosaurs
Self
1999
Film
Lost to Time: Unearthing the Primevals
Self
2024
Film
Nexus Generation: Fans & Filmmakers
Self
2007
Film
From Morf to Morphing: The Dawn of Digital Filmmaking
Self - Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
2001
Film
Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
Self
2006
Film
Bob Burns' Hollywood Haloween
Self
2011
Film
No Feat But What We Make: 'Terminator 2' and the Rise of Digital Effects
2003
Visual Effects: The Thief of Bagdad
Self
2008
Film
Crossing the Frontier: Making The Last Starfighter
Self
1999
A Celebration of Tenacity
Self
2024
Film
Shrinkage: The Making of Innerspace
Self
2026
Finding Harryhausen with Dennis Muren
Himself
2017