Dennis Muren
Visual Effects
- Born
- November 1, 1946 (age 79) · Glendale, California, USA
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."
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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."
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Known for
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
December 15, 2015
Jurassic Park
June 11, 1993
Return of the Jedi
May 25, 1983
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
May 19, 1999
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
July 3, 1991
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
May 15, 2002
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
June 11, 1982
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
May 23, 1984
War of the Worlds
June 28, 2005
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
May 23, 1997
Super 8
June 9, 2011
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
June 29, 2001
Behind the camera26
- 2021Mad God Associate Producer
- 2015Star Wars: The Force Awakens Creative Consultant
- 2011Super 8 Visual Effects Supervisor
- 2005War of the Worlds Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
- 2003Hulk Visual Effects Supervisor
- 2002Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones Visual Effects Supervisor
- 2001A.I. Artificial Intelligence Visual Effects Supervisor
- 1999Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace Visual Effects Supervisor
- 1997Deconstructing Harry Creative Consultant
- 1997