Dennis Muren

Biography

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

Raiders of the Lost Ark

LIGHT & MAGIC

Spielberg

Side by Side

The Pixar Story

From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic

Return to Jurassic Park

Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects

All Movies (43)

• Shrinkage: The Making of Innerspace2026 · as Self
• A Celebration of Tenacity2024 · as Self
• Lost to Time: Unearthing the Primevals2024 · as Self
• In Search of Tomorrow2022 · as Self - Interviewee
• Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters2019 · as Self
• T2: Reprogramming The Terminator2017 · as Self
• Spielberg2017 · as Self
• Finding Harryhausen with Dennis Muren2017 · as Himself
• Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex2015 · as Self
• Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan2012 · as Self
• Side by Side2012 · as Self
• Return to Jurassic Park2011 · as Self
• Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible2010 · as Self
• Visual Effects: The Thief of Bagdad2008 · as Self
• Nexus Generation: Fans & Filmmakers2007 · as Self
• Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 20012007 · as Self
• Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 20012007 · as Self
• The Pixar Story2007 · as Self
• Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet2006 · as Self
• The Sci-Fi Boys2006 · as Self
• George Lucas: Creating an Empire2005 · as Self
• Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection2005 · as Self
• The Making of 'Hulk'2003 · as Self
• No Feat But What We Make: 'Terminator 2' and the Rise of Digital Effects2003
• R2-D2: Beneath the Dome2001 · as Self
• The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'2001 · as Self
• From Morf to Morphing: The Dawn of Digital Filmmaking2001 · as Self - Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
• Ray Harryhausen: Working with Dinosaurs1999 · as Self
• Crossing the Frontier: Making The Last Starfighter1999 · as Self
• From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic1999 · as Self
• The Making of 'The Lost World'1997 · as Self
• Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery1997 · as Self
• The Harryhausen Chronicles1997 · as Self
• The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'1996 · as Self
• The Making of 'Jurassic Park'1995 · as Self
• Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects1994 · as Self
• The Making of 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day'1991 · as Self
• Willow: The Making of an Adventure1988 · as Self - Visual Effects
• The Making of 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'1984 · as Self
• From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga1983 · as Self
• Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi1983 · as Self
• Raiders of the Lost Ark1981 · as Nazi Spy on the Airplane (uncredited)
• SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back1980 · as Self

All TV Shows (2)

• LIGHT & MAGIC2022 · as Self
• Film '721971 · as Self