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Known For
Visual Effects
Birthday
December 6, 1940
Place of Birth
Fargo, North Dakota, USA
Richard Edlund
0.4 Popularity
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
7.5
Self
The Lost Legacy of Tony Gaudio
2024
7.7
Self
LIGHT & MAGIC
2022
7.7
Self - Visual Effects Supervisor
LIGHT & MAGIC
2022
6.9
Self
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
2020
7.0
Self - Visual Effects Designer / Cinematographer
Power of Grayskull: The Definitive History of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
2017
6.8
Self
Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault
2016
2.8
Self
Star Trek: The Journey to the Silver Screen
2016
7.0
Self
Star Wars: Greatest Moments
2015
7.2
Self - Visual Effects Supervisor
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014
5.0
Himself
The Creep Behind the Camera
2014
Credits
The Lost Legacy of Tony Gaudio
as Self
2024
7.5
LIGHT & MAGIC
as Self
2022
7.7
LIGHT & MAGIC
as Self - Visual Effects Supervisor
2022
7.7
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
as Self
2020
6.9
Power of Grayskull: The Definitive History of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
as Self - Visual Effects Designer / Cinematographer
2017
7.0
Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault
as Self
2016
6.8
Star Trek: The Journey to the Silver Screen
as Self
2016
2.8
Star Wars: Greatest Moments
as Self
2015
7.0
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
as Self - Visual Effects Supervisor
2014
7.2
The Creep Behind the Camera
as Himself
2014
5.0
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
Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
as Self
2005
8.0
Restoring a Legend: Gone with the Wind
as Himself
2004
9.0
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
as Self
2004
7.7
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
as Self (archive footage)
2003
7.8
The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story
as Himself
1999
7.5
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
as Self
1994
0.0
Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic
as Self - Special Effects Director
1993
7.4
King Kong 60th Anniversary Special: "It was beauty killed the beast."
as Self
1992
0.0
2010 : The Odyssey Continues
as Himself
1984
0.0
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0