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Personal Info
Known For
Visual Effects
Birthday
June 3, 1947
Place of Birth
Long Beach, California, USA
Also Known As
- John Charles Dykstra
- John C. Dykstra
John Dykstra
0.4 Popularity
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.
Known For
7.7
Self - Visual Effects Supervisor
LIGHT & MAGIC
2022
6.9
Self
The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek
2021
8.0
Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class
2011
6.7
Self
Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible
2010
6.0
Self
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
2007
7.0
Self
Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon
2006
4.5
Self
Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
2006
7.0
Self
The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz
2005
0.0
Self
8 Arms to Hold You
2004
5.6
Self
Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'
2002
Credits
LIGHT & MAGIC
as Self - Visual Effects Supervisor
2022
7.7
The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek
as Self
2021
6.9
Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class
2011
8.0
Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible
as Self
2010
6.7
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
as Self
2007
6.0
Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon
as Self
2006
7.0
Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
as Self
2006
4.5
The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz
as Self
2005
7.0
8 Arms to Hold You
as Self
2004
0.0
Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'
as Self
2002
5.6
🎬
Sciography
2000
0.0
Stuart Little: Making It Big
as Self
1999
0.0
Riddle Me This: Why Is Batman Forever?
as Self - Visual Effects Supervisor
1995
7.0
🎬
The Making Of Lifeforce
as Self
1985
0.0
Clint Eastwood: Director
as Self
1982
7.0
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0