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Richard Edlund

Richard Edlund

Visual Effects
1940(USA)-
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.

Participates in

Acts in

  • The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story
  • Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic
  • Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
  • Restoring a Legend: Gone with the Wind
  • The Creep Behind the Camera
  • Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
  • Star Wars: Greatest Moments
  • Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible
  • Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
  • Star Trek: The Journey to the Silver Screen
  • Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
  • King Kong 60th Anniversary Special: "It was beauty killed the beast."
  • Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault
  • Power of Grayskull: The Definitive History of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
  • Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
  • The Lost Legacy of Tony Gaudio
  • Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
  • 2010 : The Odyssey Continues