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Birthday: Nov 01, 1946
Place of Birth: Glendale, California, USA

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.

Filmography
Movie Cast Year
Nexus Generation: Fans & Filmmakers Self 2007
The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial' Self 1996
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery Self 1997
The Sci-Fi Boys Self 2006
Side by Side Self 2012
George Lucas: Creating an Empire Self 2005
Finding Harryhausen with Dennis Muren Himself 2017
The Pixar Story Self 2007
Ray Harryhausen: Working with Dinosaurs Self 1999
Visual Effects: The Thief of Bagdad Self 2008
Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex Self 2015
Raiders of the Lost Ark Nazi Spy on the Airplane (uncredited) 1981
Lost in Time: Unearthing the Primevals Self 2024
A Celebration of Tenacity Self 2024
The Harryhausen Chronicles Self 1997
The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' Self 2001
Spielberg Self 2017
Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible Self 2010
The Making of 'Jurassic Park' Self 1995
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001 Self 2007
Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi Self 1983
Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters Self 2019
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan Self 2012
Return to Jurassic Park Self 2011
From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic Self 1999
The Making of 'The Lost World' Self 1997
From Morf to Morphing: The Dawn of Digital Filmmaking Self - Senior Visual Effects Supervisor 2013
Willow: The Making of an Adventure Self - Visual Effects 1988
In Search of Tomorrow Self - Interviewee 2022
Empire at 40 Self 2020
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome Self 2001
Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet Self 2006
The Making of 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day' Self 1991
T2: Reprogramming The Terminator Self 2017
Ralph McQuarrie: Tribute to a Master Self 2014
No Feat But What We Make: 'Terminator 2' and the Rise of Digital Effects 2003
The Making of 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom' Self 1984
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects Self 1994
Crossing the Frontier: Making The Last Starfighter Self 1999
From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga Self 1983
Series Cast Year
Light & Magic Self - Camera Department 2022
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