Personal Info
Known For
Visual Effects
Birthdate
1940-12-06 (Age: 86)
Place of Birth
Fargo, North Dakota, USA
Richard Edlund
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.
Filmography (21)
The Lost Legacy of Tony Gaudio
2024
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
2020
Power of Grayskull: The Definitive History of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
2017
Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault
2016
Star Trek: The Journey to the Silver Screen
2016
Star Wars: Greatest Moments
2015
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014
Toy Masters
2014
The Creep Behind the Camera
2014
Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible
2010
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
2007
Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
2005
Restoring a Legend: Gone with the Wind
2004
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
2004
