Known For
Visual Effects
Born
Nov 01, 1946
Place of Birth
Glendale, California, USA
Credits
71 titles
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." Description above from the Wikipedia article Dennis Muren, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
Shrinkage: The Making of Innerspace
Self
A Celebration of Tenacity
Self
Lost to Time: Unearthing the Primevals
Self
LIGHT & MAGIC
Self
In Search of Tomorrow
Self - Interviewee
Mad God
Associate Producer
Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters
Self
T2: Reprogramming The Terminator
Self
Spielberg
Self
Finding Harryhausen with Dennis Muren
Himself
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Creative Consultant
Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
Self
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
Self
Side by Side
Self
Super 8
Visual Effects Supervisor
Return to Jurassic Park
Self
Bob Burns' Hollywood Haloween
Self
Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible
Self
Visual Effects: The Thief of Bagdad
Self
Nexus Generation: Fans & Filmmakers
Self
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
Self
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
Self
The Pixar Story
Self
Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
Self
The Sci-Fi Boys
Self
War of the Worlds
Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
George Lucas: Creating an Empire
Self
Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
Self
The Making of 'Hulk'
Self
Hulk
Visual Effects Supervisor
No Feat But What We Make: 'Terminator 2' and the Rise of Digital Effects
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Visual Effects Supervisor
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
Self
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Visual Effects Supervisor
The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
Self
From Morf to Morphing: The Dawn of Digital Filmmaking
Self - Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
Ray Harryhausen: Working with Dinosaurs
Self
Crossing the Frontier: Making The Last Starfighter
Self
From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic
Self
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Visual Effects Supervisor
Deconstructing Harry
Creative Consultant
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Visual Effects Supervisor
The Making of 'The Lost World'
Self
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
Self
The Harryhausen Chronicles
Self
The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'
Self
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
Self
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
Self
Jurassic Park
Visual Effects Supervisor
The Making of 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day'
Self