Dennis Muren

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Dennis Muren

Visual Effects 79 November 1, 1946

Glendale, California, USA

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 Came…

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Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

7.2 2015 Movie
Jurassic Park

Jurassic Park

8.0 1993 Movie
Return of the Jedi

Return of the Jedi

7.9 1983 Movie
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

6.6 1999 Movie
Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

8.2 1991 Movie
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

6.6 2002 Movie
Raiders of the Lost Ark

Raiders of the Lost Ark

7.9 1981 Movie
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

7.5 1982 Movie
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

7.3 1984 Movie
War of the Worlds

War of the Worlds

6.6 2005 Movie
The Lost World: Jurassic Park

The Lost World: Jurassic Park

6.6 1997 Movie
Super 8

Super 8

6.8 2011 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2026
    Shrinkage: The Making of Innerspace

    Movie Self

  2. 2024
    A Celebration of Tenacity

    Movie Self

  3. 2024
    Lost to Time: Unearthing the Primevals

    Movie Self

  4. 2022
    LIGHT & MAGIC

    TV show Self

  5. 2022
    In Search of Tomorrow

    Movie Self - Interviewee

  6. 2021
    Mad God

    Movie Associate Producer

  7. 2019
    Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters

    Movie Self

  8. 2017
    T2: Reprogramming The Terminator

    Movie Self

  9. 2017
    Spielberg

    Movie Self

  10. 2017
    Finding Harryhausen with Dennis Muren

    Movie Himself

  11. 2015
    Star Wars: The Force Awakens

    Movie Creative Consultant

  12. 2015
    Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex

    Movie Self

  13. 2012
    Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan

    Movie Self

  14. 2012
    Side by Side

    Movie Self

  15. 2011
    Super 8

    Movie Visual Effects Supervisor

  16. 2011
    Return to Jurassic Park

    Movie Self

More credits
  1. 2011
    Bob Burns' Hollywood Haloween

    Movie Self

  2. 2010
    Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible

    Movie Self

  3. 2008
    Visual Effects: The Thief of Bagdad

    Movie Self

  4. 2007
    Nexus Generation: Fans & Filmmakers

    Movie Self

  5. 2007
    Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001

    Movie Self

  6. 2007
    Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001

    Movie Self

  7. 2007
    The Pixar Story

    Movie Self

  8. 2006
    Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet

    Movie Self

  9. 2006
    The Sci-Fi Boys

    Movie Self

  10. 2005
    War of the Worlds

    Movie Senior Visual Effects Supervisor

  11. 2005
    George Lucas: Creating an Empire

    Movie Self

  12. 2005
    Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection

    Movie Self

  13. 2003
    The Making of 'Hulk'

    Movie Self

  14. 2003
    Hulk

    Movie Visual Effects Supervisor

  15. 2003
    No Feat But What We Make: 'Terminator 2' and the Rise of Digital Effects

    Movie

  16. 2002
    Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

    Movie Visual Effects Supervisor

  17. 2001
    R2-D2: Beneath the Dome

    Movie Self

  18. 2001
    A.I. Artificial Intelligence

    Movie Visual Effects Supervisor

  19. 2001
    The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'

    Movie Self

  20. 2001
    From Morf to Morphing: The Dawn of Digital Filmmaking

    Movie Self - Senior Visual Effects Supervisor

  21. 1999
    Ray Harryhausen: Working with Dinosaurs

    Movie Self

  22. 1999
    Crossing the Frontier: Making The Last Starfighter

    Movie Self

  23. 1999
    From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic

    Movie Self

  24. 1999
    Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

    Movie Visual Effects Supervisor