Richard Edlund
Visual Effects
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.
Born: December 6, 1940 · Fargo, North Dakota, USA
Filmography (41)
LIGHT & MAGIC
2022
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
2020
Power of Grayskull: The Definitive History of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
2017
Star Wars: Greatest Moments
2015
Barely Lethal
2015
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014
The Creep Behind the Camera
2014
Bullet to the Head
2012
21 Jump Street
2012
Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible
2010
Charlie Wilson's War
2007
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
2004
The Stepford Wives
2004
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
2003
Bedazzled
2000
The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story
1999
Air Force One
1997
Species
1995
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
1995
Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic
1993
Solar Crisis
1992
Alien³
1992
Ghost
1990
Vibes
1988
Big Top Pee-wee
1988
Die Hard
1988
Leonard Part 6
1987
The Monster Squad
1987
Masters of the Universe
1987
Solarbabies
1986
Legal Eagles
1986
Big Trouble in Little China
1986
Fright Night
1985
Ghostbusters
1984
Return of the Jedi
1983
Poltergeist
1982
Raiders of the Lost Ark
1981
The Empire Strikes Back
1980
The China Syndrome
1979
Star Wars
1977
The Oscars
1953