John Dykstra
Visual Effects • Born 1947-06-03
Biography
John Charles Dykstra, A.S.C. (/ˈdaɪkstrə/; born June 3, 1947) is an American special effects artist, a pioneer in developing computers in filmmaking and a recipient of three Academy Awards, among many other awards and prizes. He was one of the original employees of Industrial Light & Magic, the special effects and computer graphics division of Lucasfilm. He is well known as the special effects lead on the original Star Wars, helping bring the original visuals for lightsabers, space battles between X-wings and TIE fighters, and Force powers to the screen. He also led special effects on many other movies, including Batman Forever, Batman & Robin, Stuart Little, X-Men: First Class, Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Dykstra, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
16 credits
Riddle Me This: Why Is Batman Forever?
Movie • 1995
Self - Visual Effects Supervisor
Clint Eastwood: Director
Movie • 1982
Self
Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon
Movie • 2006
Self
The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz
Movie • 2005
Self
8 Arms to Hold You
Movie • 2004
Self
Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class
Movie • 2011
Self
Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible
Movie • 2010
Self
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
Movie • 2007
Self
Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
Movie • 2006
Self
Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'
Movie • 2002
Self
Stuart Little: Making It Big
Movie • 1999
Self
The Making Of Lifeforce
Movie • 1985
Self
Sciography
TV • 2000
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek
TV • 2021
Self
LIGHT & MAGIC
TV • 2022
Self - Visual Effects Supervisor