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Dennis Muren
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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."
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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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BODY OF WORK
Dennis Muren's Filmography
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Shrinkage: The Making of Innerspace
as Self
No Poster
A Celebration of Tenacity
as Self
Lost to Time: Unearthing the Primevals
as Self
In Search of Tomorrow
as Self - Interviewee
Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters
as Self
T2: Reprogramming The Terminator
as Self
Spielberg
as Self
No Poster
Finding Harryhausen with Dennis Muren
as Himself
Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
as Self
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
as Self
Side by Side
as Self
Return to Jurassic Park
as Self
Bob Burns' Hollywood Haloween
as Self
Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible
as Self
No Poster
Visual Effects: The Thief of Bagdad
as Self
Nexus Generation: Fans & Filmmakers
as Self
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
as Self
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
as Self
The Pixar Story
as Self
Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
as Self
The Sci-Fi Boys
as Self
Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
as Self
No Poster
The Making of 'Hulk'
as Self
No Feat But What We Make: 'Terminator 2' and the Rise of Digital Effects
George Lucas: Creating an Empire
as Self
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
as Self
The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
as Self
From Morf to Morphing: The Dawn of Digital Filmmaking
as Self - Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
Ray Harryhausen: Working with Dinosaurs
as Self
Crossing the Frontier: Making The Last Starfighter
as Self
From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic
as Self
The Making of 'The Lost World'
as Self
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
as Self
The Harryhausen Chronicles
as Self
The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'
as Self
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
as Self
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
as Self
The Making of 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day'
as Self
Willow: The Making of an Adventure
as Self - Visual Effects
The Making of 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'
as Self
From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga
as Self
Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi
as Self
Raiders of the Lost Ark
as Nazi Spy on the Airplane (uncredited)
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
as Self