John Dykstra
Visual Effects
John Charles Dykstra, A.S.C. (/ˈdaɪkstrə/; born June 3, 1947) is an American special effects artist, a pioneer in developing computers in filmmaking and a recipient of three Academy Awards, among many other awards and prizes. He was one of the original employees of Industrial Light & Magic, the special effects and computer graphics division of Lucasfilm. He is well known as the special effects lead on the original Star Wars, helping bring the original visuals for lightsabers, space battles between X-wings and TIE fighters, and Force powers to the screen. He also led special effects on many other movies, including Batman Forever, Batman & Robin, Stuart Little, X-Men: First Class, Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Dykstra, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born: June 3, 1947 · Long Beach, California, USA
Filmography (27)
LIGHT & MAGIC
2022
The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek
2021
Dolittle
2020
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
2019
Ghost in the Shell
2017
Kong: Skull Island
2017
X-Men: Apocalypse
2016
Seventh Son
2014
X-Men: First Class
2011
Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible
2010
Inglourious Basterds
2009
Hancock
2008
Spider-Man 2
2004
Spider-Man
2002
Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'
2002
Stuart Little
1999
Batman & Robin
1997
Batman Forever
1995
Riddle Me This: Why Is Batman Forever?
1995
My Stepmother Is an Alien
1988
Invaders from Mars
1986
Lifeforce
1985
Caddyshack
1980
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
1979
Avalanche Express
1979
Battlestar Galactica
1978
The Oscars
1953