John Dykstra

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.

Known For: Visual Effects

Born: Long Beach, California, USA, 1947-06-03

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1982	Clint Eastwood: Director	Himself	70
2	1995	Riddle Me This: Why Is Batman Forever?	Self - Visual Effects Supervisor	70
3	1999	Stuart Little: Making It Big	Self	0
4	2002	Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'	Self	50
5	2004	8 Arms to Hold You	Self	0
6	2005	The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz	Self	70
7	2006	Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon	Self	70
8	2006	Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet	Self	45
9	2007	Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001	Self	60
10	2010	Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible	Self	67
11	2011	Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class		83

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1953	The Oscars	Self	71
2	2000	Sciography		0
3	2021	The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek	Self	69
4	2022	LIGHT & MAGIC	Self - Visual Effects Supervisor	78

John Dykstra

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