
Dennis Muren
Born November 1, 1946 in Glendale, California, USA (age 79)
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."
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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."
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LearningPhil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters2019
LearningT2: Reprogramming The Terminator2017
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LearningCreature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex2015
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan2012
LearningSide by Side2012
LearningReturn to Jurassic Park2011
LearningIndustrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible2010
LearningNexus Generation: Fans & Filmmakers2007
LearningVision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 20012007
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LearningAmazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet2006
LearningThe Sci-Fi Boys2006
LearningGeorge Lucas: Creating an Empire2005
LearningRay Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection2005
LearningNo Feat But What We Make: 'Terminator 2' and the Rise of Digital Effects2003
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome2001
LearningThe Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'2001
LearningFrom Morf to Morphing: The Dawn of Digital Filmmaking2001
LearningRay Harryhausen: Working with Dinosaurs1999
LearningCrossing the Frontier: Making The Last Starfighter1999
From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic1999
LearningThe Making of 'The Lost World'1997
LearningStar Wars: The Magic & the Mystery1997
LearningThe Harryhausen Chronicles1997
LearningThe Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'1996
LearningThe Making of 'Jurassic Park'1995
LearningMasters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects1994
The Making of 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day'1991
LearningWillow: The Making of an Adventure1988
LearningThe Making of 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'1984
LearningFrom Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga1983
LearningClassic Creatures: Return of the Jedi1983
Raiders of the Lost Ark1981


