Richard Edlund
Known For: Visual Effects
Birthday: 1940-12-06
Place of Birth: Fargo, North Dakota, USA
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Biography
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 Filmography
The Oscars
1953
LIGHT & MAGIC
2022
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
2004
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
1994
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
2020
Star Trek: The Journey to the Silver Screen
2016
Power of Grayskull: The Definitive History of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
2017
Star Wars: Greatest Moments
2015
2010 : The Odyssey Continues
1984
Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible
2010
Toy Masters
2014
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
2003
Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault
2016
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
1980
The Creep Behind the Camera
2014
Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
2005
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
2007
The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story
1999
Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic
1993
Star Trek: The Journey to the Silver Screen
2016
The Lost Legacy of Tony Gaudio
2024
King Kong 60th Anniversary Special: "It was beauty killed the beast."
1992