Richard Edlund
🎭 Visual Effects
🎂 Age 85
📅 1940-12-06
📍 Fargo, North Dakota, USA
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.
Known For
Filmography
The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story
★7.5
Star Trek: The Journey to the Silver Screen
★2.8
The Creep Behind the Camera
★5.0
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
★7.2
Star Wars: Greatest Moments
★7.0
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
★7.8
Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
★8.0
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
★7.8
Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible
★6.7
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
★0.0
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
★6.0
