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Richard Edlund

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.

Known For: Visual Effects

Born: Fargo, North Dakota, USA, 1940-12-06

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1984	2010 : The Odyssey Continues	Himself	0
2	1992	King Kong 60th Anniversary Special: "It was beauty killed the beast."	Self	0
3	1993	Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic	Self - Special Effects Director	74
4	1994	Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects	Self	0
5	1999	The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story	Himself	75
6	2003	Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'	Self (archive footage)	78
7	2004	Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy	Self	77
8	2004	Restoring a Legend: Gone with the Wind	Himself	100
9	2007	Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001	Self	60
10	2010	Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible	Self	67
11	2014	The Creep Behind the Camera	Himself	54
12	2014	Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films	Self - Visual Effects Supervisor	72
13	2015	Star Wars: Greatest Moments	Self	70
14	2016	Star Trek: The Journey to the Silver Screen	Self	28
15	2016	Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault	Self	57
16	2017	Power of Grayskull: The Definitive History of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe	Self - Visual Effects Designer / Cinematographer	70
17	2020	Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters	Self	68
18	2024	The Lost Legacy of Tony Gaudio	Self	75

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1953	The Oscars	Self	71
2	2022	LIGHT & MAGIC	Self	78
3	2022	LIGHT & MAGIC	Self - Visual Effects Supervisor	78