Douglas Trumbull
View on IMDb ↗From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Douglas Huntley Trumbull (April 8, 1942, Los Angeles- 7th February 2022 ) is an American film director, special effects supervisor, and inventor. He contributed to, or was responsible for, the special photographic effects of 2001: A Space Odyssey, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Star Trek: The Motion Picture and Blade Runner, and directed the movies Silent Running and Brainstorm. Description above from the Wikipedia article Douglas Trumbull licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Chesley Bonestell: A Brush with the Future
Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey
2001 and Beyond
The Making of Silent Running
Jodorowsky's Dune
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
Trumbull Land
The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'Filmography (24)
- 2025
The Alien Perspective - 2022
Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey - 2022
In Search of TomorrowSelf - Interviewee - 2021
The Blade Runner PhenomenonSelf - Visual Effects Supervisor (1982) - 2020
Natalie Wood: What Remains BehindSelf - 2018
Chesley Bonestell: A Brush with the FutureSelf - 2018
Trumbull LandSelf - 2014
The Real History of Science FictionSelf - 2013
Jodorowsky's DuneSelf - V/FX Artist (archive footage) - 2011Exploring 'The Tree of Life'Self
- 2007
Dangerous Days: Making Blade RunnerSelf - 2007
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001Self - 2007
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001Self - 2007
2001: FX and Early Conceptual Artwork - 2003
The Andromeda Strain: Making the FilmSelf - 2002
Douglas Trumbull: Then and NowSelf - 2002
'Silent Running' By Director Douglas TrumbullSelf - 2001
2001 and BeyondSelf - 2001
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in PicturesSelf - 2001
The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'Self - 2001
2001: The Making of a MythSelf (as Doug Trumbull) - 2000
On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'Self - 1979Since '45Self - In new expanded version
- 1972
The Making of Silent RunningSelf
Crew (19)
- 2019The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the BigfootExecutive Producer
- 2014UFOTOGWriter
- 2013C 299,792 km/sThanks
- 2011The Tree of LifeVisual Effects
- 1993In Search of the ObeliskDirector
- 1992Back to the Future... The RideDirector
- 1983New MagicDirector
- 1983BrainstormProducer
- 1982Blade RunnerVisual Effects
- 1979Star Trek: The Motion PictureVisual Effects
- 1978Night of DreamsDirector
- 1977Close Encounters of the Third KindVisual Effects Supervisor
- 1973The StarlostExecutive Producer
- 1972Silent RunningProducer
- 1971The Andromeda StrainVisual Effects
- 19682001: A Space OdysseyVisual Effects Supervisor
- 1968CandyVisual Effects
- 1964To the Moon and BeyondVisual Effects
- —To Dream Of RosesDirector