Richard Edlund
Gender: Male
Birthday: 1940-12-06
Place of Birth: Fargo, North Dakota, USA
Biography
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.
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1953The Oscars
2022LIGHT & MAGIC
2022LIGHT & MAGIC
2014Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2004Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
2016Star Trek: The Journey to the Silver Screen
1999The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story
2020Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
2015Star Wars: Greatest Moments
2017Power of Grayskull: The Definitive History of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
2010Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible
2005Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
1980SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
2007Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
2003Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
1993Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic
2016Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault
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