Dennis Muren

Dennis Muren

Birthday: 1946-11-01

Place of birth: Glendale, California, USA

Also known as:

imdb_id: nm0613830

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.

Played in movies:

Crossing the Frontier: Making The Last Starfighter

Score: 10.0

Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi

Score: 8.5

From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic

Score: 7.9

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Score: 7.9

Spielberg

Score: 7.6

The Pixar Story

Score: 7.6

Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters

Score: 7.5

The Making of 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'

Score: 7.4

Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan

Score: 7.4

The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'

Score: 7.4

T2: Reprogramming The Terminator

Score: 7.3

The Making of 'Jurassic Park'

Score: 7.3

Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex

Score: 7.2

Side by Side

Score: 7.2

From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga

Score: 7.1

The Making of 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day'

Score: 7.0

Visual Effects: The Thief of Bagdad

Score: 7.0

Ray Harryhausen: Working with Dinosaurs

Score: 7.0

The Sci-Fi Boys

Score: 7.0

The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'

Score: 6.9

The Harryhausen Chronicles

Score: 6.8

Willow: The Making of an Adventure

Score: 6.8

The Making of 'The Lost World'

Score: 6.8

Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible

Score: 6.7

Return to Jurassic Park

Score: 6.6

R2-D2: Beneath the Dome

Score: 6.5

In Search of Tomorrow

Score: 6.5

No Feat But What We Make: 'Terminator 2' and the Rise of Digital Effects

Score: 6.3

Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001

Score: 6.0

Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet

Score: 4.5

From Morf to Morphing: The Dawn of Digital Filmmaking

Score: 3.7

Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects

Score: 0.0

Empire at 40

Score: 0.0

A Celebration of Tenacity

Score: 0.0

Lost to Time: Unearthing the Primevals

Score: 0.0

Finding Harryhausen with Dennis Muren

Score: 0.0

George Lucas: Creating an Empire

Score: 0.0

Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery

Score: 0.0

Nexus Generation: Fans & Filmmakers

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

LIGHT & MAGIC

Score: 7.7

LIGHT & MAGIC

Score: 7.7