Dennis Muren

ActorCrewProductionVisual EffectsDirector Nov 1 (age 79) Glendale, California, USA 1965–2024 (59 year career)

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Biography

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…

Known For

Film

Jurassic Park

Visual Effects Supervisor

Film

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Visual Effects Supervisor

Film

Return of the Jedi

Visual Effects Supervisor

Film

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Nazi Spy on the Airplane (uncredited)

Film

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Creative Consultant

Film

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

Visual Effects Supervisor

Film

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

Visual Effects Supervisor

Film

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

Visual Effects Supervisor

Filmography

Acting (40)

Movies (39)

A Celebration of Tenacity

2024

as Self

Lost to Time: Unearthing the Primevals

2024

as Self

In Search of Tomorrow

2022

as Self - Interviewee

6.6

Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters

as Self

Spielberg

as Self

Finding Harryhausen with Dennis Muren

2017

as Himself

T2: Reprogramming The Terminator

2017

as Self

7.4

Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex

2015

as Self

7.2

From Morf to Morphing: The Dawn of Digital Filmmaking

2013

as Self - Senior Visual Effects Supervisor

3.7

Side by Side

2012

as Self

7.2

Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan

2012

as Self

7.4

Return to Jurassic Park

2011

as Self

6.6

Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible

2010

as Self

6.7

Visual Effects: The Thief of Bagdad

as Self

The Pixar Story

as Self

Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001

2007

as Self

6.0

Nexus Generation: Fans & Filmmakers

2007

as Self

The Sci-Fi Boys

2006

as Self

7.0

Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet

2006

as Self

4.5

George Lucas: Creating an Empire

2005

as Self

5.0

Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection

2005

as Self

8.0

No Feat But What We Make: 'Terminator 2' and the Rise of Digital Effects

2003

6.3

R2-D2: Beneath the Dome

2001

as Self

6.5

The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'

2001

as Self

6.8

From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic

1999

as Self

7.9

Crossing the Frontier: Making The Last Starfighter

1999

as Self

10.0

Ray Harryhausen: Working with Dinosaurs

1999

as Self

7.0

The Making of 'The Lost World'

1997

as Self

6.8

The Harryhausen Chronicles

1997

as Self

6.8

Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery

1997

as Self

The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'

1996

as Self

7.4

The Making of 'Jurassic Park'

1995

as Self

7.3

Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects

1994

as Self

The Making of 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day'

1991

as Self

7.0

Willow: The Making of an Adventure

1988

as Self - Visual Effects

6.8

The Making of 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'

1984

as Self

7.4

Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi

1983

as Self

8.7

From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga

1983

as Self

7.1

Raiders of the Lost Ark

1981

as Nazi Spy on the Airplane (uncredited)

7.9

Television (1)

LIGHT & MAGIC

2022

as Self - Camera Department

7.8

Crew (31)

Movies (31)

A Celebration of Tenacity

2024

Thanks

Lost to Time: Unearthing the Primevals

2024

Thanks

Mad God

2021

Associate Producer

6.8

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

2015

Creative Consultant

7.3

Super 8

2011

Visual Effects Supervisor

6.8

War of the Worlds

2005

Senior Visual Effects Supervisor

6.5

Hulk

2003

Visual Effects Supervisor

5.6

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

2002

Visual Effects Supervisor

6.6

A.I. Artificial Intelligence

2001

Visual Effects Supervisor

7.1

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

1999

Visual Effects Supervisor

Deconstructing Harry

Creative Consultant

Jurassic Park

Visual Effects Supervisor

8.0

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

1991

Visual Effects Supervisor

8.1

The Abyss

1989

Visual Effects Supervisor

7.3

Ghostbusters II

1989

Visual Effects Supervisor

6.6

Innerspace

1987

Visual Effects Supervisor

6.8

Young Sherlock Holmes

1985

Visual Effects Supervisor

6.7

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

1984

Visual Effects Supervisor

The Ewok Adventure

Special Effects

Return of the Jedi

Visual Effects Supervisor

7.9

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

1982

Visual Effects Supervisor

7.5

Dragonslayer

1981

Visual Effects Supervisor

Equinox

Associate Producer

Equinox

Director

Equinox

Special Effects

Raiders of the Stone Ring

1968

Writer

The Equinox ... A Journey into the Supernatural

1967

Director

5.2

The Equinox ... A Journey into the Supernatural

1967

Producer

5.2

The Equinox ... A Journey into the Supernatural

1967

Special Effects

5.2

Dancing Beer Bottles

1965

Animation

Dancing Beer Bottles

1965

Director