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Richard Edlund

Richard Edlund

Visual EffectsDecember 6, 1940(age 85)Fargo, North Dakota, USA

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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.

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Filmography (23)

The Lost Legacy of Tony Gaudio

Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters

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

2017·Self - Visual Effects Designer / Cinematographer

Other Credits (29)

2015·Visual Effects Supervisor

Bullet to the Head

2012·Visual Effects Supervisor

2012·Visual Effects Supervisor

Charlie Wilson's War

2007·Visual Effects Supervisor

Star Trek: The Journey to the Silver Screen

2016·Self

Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault

Star Trek: The Journey to the Silver Screen

Star Wars: Greatest Moments

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

2014·Self - Visual Effects Supervisor

The Creep Behind the Camera

Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible

Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001

Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection

Restoring a Legend: Gone with the Wind

Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy

Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'

2003·Self (archive footage)

The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story

Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects

Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic

1993·Self - Special Effects Director

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

2010 : The Odyssey Continues

The Stepford Wives

2004·Visual Effects Design Consultant

2000·Visual Effects Supervisor

1997·Visual Effects Supervisor

Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight

1995·Visual Effects Supervisor

1992·Visual Effects Producer

1990·Visual Effects Supervisor

1988·Visual Effects Producer

1988·Visual Effects Producer

Big Top Pee-wee

1988·Visual Effects Producer

1987·Visual Effects Producer

Masters of the Universe

1987·Visual Effects Supervisor

The Monster Squad

1987·Visual Effects Supervisor

1986·Visual Effects Producer

Big Trouble in Little China

1986·Visual Effects Producer

1986·Visual Effects Supervisor

1985·Visual Effects Producer

1984·Visual Effects

Return of the Jedi

1983·Visual Effects

1982·Visual Effects Supervisor

Raiders of the Lost Ark

1981·Visual Effects Supervisor

The Empire Strikes Back

1980·Visual Effects

The China Syndrome

1979·Visual Effects Camera

1977·Visual Effects