John Dykstra

Visual Effects

Born 1947-06-03 · Long Beach, California, USA

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John Charles Dykstra, A.S.C. (/ˈdaɪkstrə/; born June 3, 1947) is an American special effects artist, a pioneer in developing computers in filmmaking and a recipient of three Academy Awards, among many other awards and prizes. He was one of the original employees of Industrial Light & Magic, the special effects and computer graphics division of Lucasfilm. He is well known as the special effects lead on the original Star Wars, helping bring the original visuals for lightsabers, space battles between X-wings and TIE fighters, and Force powers to the screen. He also led special effects on many other movies, including Batman Forever, Batman & Robin, Stuart Little, X-Men: First Class, Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Dykstra, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

Stuart Little: Making It BigChildren of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First ClassLIGHT & MAGICRobby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi IconRiddle Me This: Why Is Batman Forever?Clint Eastwood: DirectorThe OscarsThe Center Seat: 55 Years of Star TrekIndustrial Light & Magic: Creating the ImpossibleStanding on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001