Dennis Muren
Glendale, California, USA
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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.
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The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic
From Morf to Morphing: The Dawn of Digital Filmmaking
Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
No Feat But What We Make: 'Terminator 2' and the Rise of Digital Effects
The Making of 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
Crossing the Frontier: Making The Last Starfighter
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
