Richard Edlund
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.
Filmography (25)
Rubberhead: The Life & Monsters of Steve Johnson
The Lost Legacy of Tony Gaudio
LIGHT & MAGIC
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
Power of Grayskull: The Definitive History of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault
Star Trek: The Journey to the Silver Screen
Star Trek: The Journey to the Silver Screen
Star Wars: Greatest Moments
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Toy Masters
The Creep Behind the Camera
Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
Restoring a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic
King Kong 60th Anniversary Special: "It was beauty killed the beast."
2010 : The Odyssey Continues
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
The Oscars
Crew (30)
- Barely Lethal
- 21 Jump Street
- Bullet to the Head
- Charlie Wilson's War
- The Stepford Wives
- Bedazzled
- Air Force One
- Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
- Species
- Alien³
- Solar Crisis
- Ghost
- Die Hard
- Vibes
- Big Top Pee-wee
- The Monster Squad
- Masters of the Universe
- Leonard Part 6
- Big Trouble in Little China
- Legal Eagles
- Solarbabies
- Fright Night
- Ghostbusters
- Return of the Jedi
- Poltergeist
- Raiders of the Lost Ark
- The Empire Strikes Back
- The China Syndrome
- Star Wars
- The Forever War