Dennis Muren
Visual Effects • Born 1946-11-01
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.
Filmography
41 credits
Nexus Generation: Fans & Filmmakers
Movie • 2007
Self
The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'
Movie • 1996
Self
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
Movie • 1997
Self
The Sci-Fi Boys
Movie • 2006
Self
Side by Side
Movie • 2012
Self
George Lucas: Creating an Empire
Movie • 2005
Self
Finding Harryhausen with Dennis Muren
Movie • 2017
Himself
The Pixar Story
Movie • 2007
Self
Ray Harryhausen: Working with Dinosaurs
Movie • 1999
Self
Visual Effects: The Thief of Bagdad
Movie • 2008
Self
Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
Movie • 2015
Self
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Movie • 1981
Nazi Spy on the Airplane (uncredited)
Lost to Time: Unearthing the Primevals
Movie • 2024
Self
A Celebration of Tenacity
Movie • 2024
Self
The Harryhausen Chronicles
Movie • 1997
Self
The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
Movie • 2001
Self
Spielberg
Movie • 2017
Self
Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible
Movie • 2010
Self
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
Movie • 1995
Self
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
Movie • 2007
Self
Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi
Movie • 1983
Self
Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters
Movie • 2019
Self
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
Movie • 2012
Self
Return to Jurassic Park
Movie • 2011
Self
From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic
Movie • 1999
Self
The Making of 'The Lost World'
Movie • 1997
Self
From Morf to Morphing: The Dawn of Digital Filmmaking
Movie • 2013
Self - Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
Willow: The Making of an Adventure
Movie • 1988
Self - Visual Effects
In Search of Tomorrow
Movie • 2022
Self - Interviewee
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
Movie • 2001
Self
Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
Movie • 2006
Self
The Making of 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day'
Movie • 1991
Self
T2: Reprogramming The Terminator
Movie • 2017
Self
No Feat But What We Make: 'Terminator 2' and the Rise of Digital Effects
Movie • 2003
The Making of 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'
Movie • 1984
Self
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
Movie • 1994
Self
Crossing the Frontier: Making The Last Starfighter
Movie • 1999
Self
From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga
Movie • 1983
Self
Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
Movie • 2005
Self
LIGHT & MAGIC
TV • 2022
Self - Camera Department
LIGHT & MAGIC
TV • 2022
Self - Visual Effects Supervisor