John Dykstra
- Visual effects
- June 3, 1947 · Long Beach, California, USA
Biography
John Charles Dykstra, A.S.C. (/ˈdaɪkstrə/; born June 3, 1947) is an American special effects artist, a pioneer in developing computers in filmmaking and a recipient of three Academy Awards, among many other awards and prizes. He was one of the original employees of Industrial Light & Magic, the special effects and computer graphics division of Lucasfilm. He is well known as the special effects lead on the original Star Wars, helping bring the original visuals for lightsabers, space battles between X-wings and TIE fighters, and Force powers to the screen. He also led special effects on many other movies, including Batman Forever, Batman & Robin, Stuart Little, X-Men: First Class, Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Dykstra, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
- LIGHT & MAGIC · Self
- In Search of Tomorrow · Self
- The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek · Self
- Dolittle · Visual Effects Supervisor
- Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood · Visual Effects Designer
- Ghost in the Shell · Visual Effects Supervisor
- Kong: Skull Island · Visual Effects Supervisor
- X-Men: Apocalypse · Visual Effects Designer
- Seventh Son · Visual Effects Designer, Visual Effects Supervisor
- Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class · Self
- X-Men: First Class · Visual Effects Designer
- Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible · Self
- Inglourious Basterds · Visual Effects Designer
- Hancock · Visual Effects Designer, Visual Effects Supervisor
- Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001 · Self
- Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001 · Self
- Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon · Self
- Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet · Self
- The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz · Self
- 8 Arms to Hold You · Self
- Spider-Man 2 · Visual Effects Designer
- VH1 Goes Inside · Self
- Spider-Man · Visual Effects Designer
- Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of Spider-Man · Self
- Sciography
- Stuart Little · Second Unit Director, Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
- Stuart Little: Making It Big · Self
- Batman & Robin · Visual Effects
- Batman Forever · Visual Effects Supervisor
- Riddle Me This: Why Is Batman Forever? · Self
- My Stepmother Is an Alien · Visual Effects Supervisor
- Invaders from Mars · Visual Effects Producer, Second Unit Director
- Lifeforce · Visual Effects
- The Making Of Lifeforce · Self
- Clint Eastwood: Director · Self
- Caddyshack · Special Effects Supervisor
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture · Visual Effects
- Avalanche Express · Special Effects
- Battlestar Galactica · Producer
- Star Wars · Visual Effects
- The Oscars · Self