Visual Effects
Richard Edlund
Birth Date
December 6, 1940
(85 years old)
Place of Birth
Fargo, North Dakota, USA
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Biography
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.
Photos
The Oscars
Self
1953 • 1 episode
LIGHT & MAGIC
Self
2022 • 2 episodes
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Self - Visual Effects Supervisor
2014
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
Self
1994
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
Self
2004
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
Self (archive footage)
2003
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
Self
2020
Power of Grayskull: The Definitive History of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
Self - Visual Effects Designer / Cinematographer
2017
Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible
Self
2010
The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story
Himself
1999
Star Wars: Greatest Moments
Self
2015
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
Self
1980
Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
Self
2005
Rubberhead: The Life & Monsters of Steve Johnson
Self
2026
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
Self
2007
2010 : The Odyssey Continues
Himself
1984
Star Trek: The Journey to the Silver Screen
2016 • 5 episodes
Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault
Self
2016
Star Trek: The Journey to the Silver Screen
Self
2016
Restoring a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Himself
2004