Dennis Muren

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." 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." Description above from the Wikipedia article Dennis Muren, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For: Visual Effects

Born: Glendale, California, USA, 1946-11-01

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1981	Raiders of the Lost Ark	Nazi Spy on the Airplane (uncredited)	79
2	1983	Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi	Self	85
3	1983	From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga	Self	71
4	1984	The Making of 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'	Self	74
5	1988	Willow: The Making of an Adventure	Self - Visual Effects	68
6	1991	The Making of 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day'	Self	70
7	1994	Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects	Self	0
8	1995	The Making of 'Jurassic Park'	Self	72
9	1996	The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'	Self	74
10	1997	The Harryhausen Chronicles	Self	65
11	1997	Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery	Self	0
12	1997	The Making of 'The Lost World'	Self	68
13	1999	From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic	Self	79
14	1999	Crossing the Frontier: Making The Last Starfighter	Self	100
15	1999	Ray Harryhausen: Working with Dinosaurs	Self	70
16	2001	The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'	Self	69
17	2001	R2-D2: Beneath the Dome	Self	65
18	2003	No Feat But What We Make: 'Terminator 2' and the Rise of Digital Effects		63
19	2005	George Lucas: Creating an Empire	Self	0
20	2006	The Sci-Fi Boys	Self	70
21	2006	Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet	Self	45
22	2007	The Pixar Story	Self	76
23	2007	Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001	Self	60
24	2007	Nexus Generation: Fans & Filmmakers	Self	0
25	2008	Visual Effects: The Thief of Bagdad	Self	70
26	2010	Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible	Self	67
27	2011	Return to Jurassic Park	Self	66
28	2012	Side by Side	Self	72
29	2012	Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan	Self	74
30	2013	From Morf to Morphing: The Dawn of Digital Filmmaking	Self - Senior Visual Effects Supervisor	37
31	2015	Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex	Self	72
32	2017	Finding Harryhausen with Dennis Muren	Himself	0
33	2017	Spielberg	Self	76
34	2017	T2: Reprogramming The Terminator	Self	73
35	2019	Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters	Self	75
36	2020	Empire at 40	Self	0
37	2022	In Search of Tomorrow	Self - Interviewee	65
38	2024	Lost in Time: Unearthing the Primevals	Self	0
39	2024	A Celebration of Tenacity	Self	0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	2022	LIGHT & MAGIC	Self - Camera Department	78
2	2022	LIGHT & MAGIC	Self - Visual Effects Supervisor	78

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