Dennis Muren

Personal Info

Known For:
Visual Effects

Birthday:
November 1, 1946

Place of Birth:
Glendale, California, USA

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Dennis Muren

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."

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Known For

Filmography

Year Movie Role
2024 Lost in Time: Unearthing the Primevals Self
2024 A Celebration of Tenacity Self
2022 In Search of Tomorrow Self - Interviewee
2020 Empire at 40 Self
2019 Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters Self
2017 Finding Harryhausen with Dennis Muren Himself
2017 Spielberg Self
2017 T2: Reprogramming The Terminator Self
2015 Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex Self
2013 From Morf to Morphing: The Dawn of Digital Filmmaking Self - Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
2012 Side by Side Self
2012 Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan Self
2011 Return to Jurassic Park Self
2010 Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible Self
2008 Visual Effects: The Thief of Bagdad Self
2007 Nexus Generation: Fans & Filmmakers Self
2007 The Pixar Story Self
2007 Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001 Self
2006 The Sci-Fi Boys Self
2006 Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet Self
2005 George Lucas: Creating an Empire Self
2003 No Feat But What We Make: 'Terminator 2' and the Rise of Digital Effects
2001 The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' Self
2001 R2-D2: Beneath the Dome Self
1999 Ray Harryhausen: Working with Dinosaurs Self
1999 From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic Self
1999 Crossing the Frontier: Making The Last Starfighter Self
1997 Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery Self
1997 The Harryhausen Chronicles Self
1997 The Making of 'The Lost World' Self
1996 The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial' Self
1995 The Making of 'Jurassic Park' Self
1994 Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects Self
1991 The Making of 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day' Self
1988 Willow: The Making of an Adventure Self - Visual Effects
1984 The Making of 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom' Self
1983 Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi Self
1983 From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga Self
1981 Raiders of the Lost Ark Nazi Spy on the Airplane (uncredited)
Year TV Show Role
2022 LIGHT & MAGIC Self
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