Known For
Visual Effects
Born
Dec 06, 1940
Place of Birth
Fargo, North Dakota, USA
Credits
55 titles
Richard Edlund
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
Filmography
Rubberhead: The Life & Monsters of Steve Johnson
Self
The Lost Legacy of Tony Gaudio
Self
LIGHT & MAGIC
Self
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
Self
Power of Grayskull: The Definitive History of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
Self - Visual Effects Designer / Cinematographer
Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault
Self
Star Trek: The Journey to the Silver Screen
Star Trek: The Journey to the Silver Screen
Self
Star Wars: Greatest Moments
Self
Barely Lethal
Visual Effects Supervisor
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Self - Visual Effects Supervisor
Toy Masters
Self
The Creep Behind the Camera
Himself
Bullet to the Head
Visual Effects Supervisor
21 Jump Street
Visual Effects Supervisor
Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible
Self
Charlie Wilson's War
Visual Effects Supervisor
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
Self
Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
Self
Restoring a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Himself
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
Self
The Stepford Wives
Visual Effects Design Consultant
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
Self (archive footage)
Bedazzled
Visual Effects Supervisor
The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story
Himself
Air Force One
Visual Effects Supervisor
Species
Visual Effects Supervisor
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
Producer
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
Self
Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic
Self - Special Effects Director
King Kong 60th Anniversary Special: "It was beauty killed the beast."
Self
Solar Crisis
Producer
Alien³
Visual Effects Producer
Ghost
Visual Effects Supervisor
Vibes
Visual Effects Producer
Big Top Pee-wee
Visual Effects Producer
Die Hard
Visual Effects Producer
Leonard Part 6
Visual Effects Producer
The Monster Squad
Visual Effects Supervisor
Masters of the Universe
Visual Effects Supervisor
Solarbabies
Visual Effects Producer
Legal Eagles
Visual Effects Supervisor
Big Trouble in Little China
Visual Effects Producer
Fright Night
Visual Effects Producer
Ghostbusters
Visual Effects
2010 : The Odyssey Continues
Himself
Return of the Jedi
Visual Effects
Poltergeist
Visual Effects Supervisor
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Visual Effects Supervisor
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
Self