Dennis Muren
0.3Visual Effects

Dennis Muren

Nov 1, 1946 - Glendale, California, USA

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."

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Credits

Cast

Media
Movie2007Nexus Generation: Fans & FilmmakersSelf
Movie1996The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'Self
Movie1997Star Wars: The Magic & the MysterySelf
Movie2006The Sci-Fi BoysSelf
Movie2012Side by SideSelf
Movie2005George Lucas: Creating an EmpireSelf
Movie2017Finding Harryhausen with Dennis MurenHimself
Movie2007The Pixar StorySelf
Movie1999Ray Harryhausen: Working with DinosaursSelf
Movie2008Visual Effects: The Thief of BagdadSelf
Movie2015Creature Designers: The Frankenstein ComplexSelf
Movie1981Raiders of the Lost ArkNazi Spy on the Airplane (uncredited)
Movie2024Lost to Time: Unearthing the PrimevalsSelf
Movie2024A Celebration of TenacitySelf
Movie1997The Harryhausen ChroniclesSelf
Movie2001The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'Self
Movie2017SpielbergSelf
Movie2010Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the ImpossibleSelf
Movie1995The Making of 'Jurassic Park'Self
Movie2007Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001Self
Movie1983Classic Creatures: Return of the JediSelf
Movie2019Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and MonstersSelf
Movie2012Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects TitanSelf
Movie2011Return to Jurassic ParkSelf
Movie1999From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & MagicSelf
Movie1997The Making of 'The Lost World'Self
Movie2013From Morf to Morphing: The Dawn of Digital FilmmakingSelf - Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
Movie1988Willow: The Making of an AdventureSelf - Visual Effects
Movie2022In Search of TomorrowSelf - Interviewee
Movie2020Empire at 40Self
Movie2001R2-D2: Beneath the DomeSelf
Movie2006Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden PlanetSelf
Movie1991The Making of 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day'Self
Movie2017T2: Reprogramming The TerminatorSelf
Movie2003No Feat But What We Make: 'Terminator 2' and the Rise of Digital Effects
Movie1984The Making of 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'Self
Movie1994Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special EffectsSelf
Movie1999Crossing the Frontier: Making The Last StarfighterSelf
Movie1983From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a SagaSelf
TV Show2022LIGHT & MAGICSelf - Camera Department3
TV Show2022LIGHT & MAGICSelf - Visual Effects Supervisor6

Crew

Media
Movie1965Dancing Beer BottlesDirectorDirecting
Movie1965Dancing Beer BottlesAnimationVisual Effects
Movie2021Mad GodAssociate ProducerProduction
Movie2001A.I. Artificial IntelligenceVisual Effects SupervisorVisual Effects
Movie1967The Equinox ... A Journey into the SupernaturalDirectorDirecting
Movie1967The Equinox ... A Journey into the SupernaturalSpecial EffectsCrew
Movie1967The Equinox ... A Journey into the SupernaturalProducerProduction
Movie1997Deconstructing HarryCreative ConsultantCrew
Movie1985Young Sherlock HolmesVisual Effects SupervisorVisual Effects
Movie2015Star Wars: The Force AwakensCreative ConsultantCrew
Movie1989Ghostbusters IIVisual Effects SupervisorVisual Effects
Movie1993Jurassic ParkVisual Effects SupervisorVisual Effects
Movie1970EquinoxAssociate ProducerProduction
Movie1970EquinoxSpecial EffectsCrew
Movie2024Lost to Time: Unearthing the PrimevalsThanksCrew
Movie2024A Celebration of TenacityThanksCrew
Movie1982E.T. the Extra-TerrestrialVisual Effects SupervisorVisual Effects
Movie1987InnerspaceVisual Effects SupervisorVisual Effects
Movie1991Terminator 2: Judgment DayVisual Effects SupervisorVisual Effects
Movie1984Indiana Jones and the Temple of DoomVisual Effects SupervisorVisual Effects
Movie1981DragonslayerVisual Effects SupervisorVisual Effects
Movie2003HulkVisual Effects SupervisorVisual Effects
Movie2011Super 8Visual Effects SupervisorVisual Effects
Movie1970EquinoxDirectorDirecting
Movie1984The Ewok AdventureSpecial EffectsCrew
Movie2005War of the WorldsSenior Visual Effects SupervisorVisual Effects
Movie1999Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom MenaceVisual Effects SupervisorVisual Effects
Movie2002Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the ClonesVisual Effects SupervisorVisual Effects
Movie1989The AbyssVisual Effects SupervisorVisual Effects
Movie1983Return of the JediVisual Effects SupervisorVisual Effects