John Dykstra
- Effetti visivi
- 3 giugno 1947 · Long Beach, California, USA
Biografia
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.
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Filmografia
- Dragon Trainer · Production Consultant
- LIGHT & MAGIC · In persona
- In Search of Tomorrow · In persona
- The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek · In persona
- Dolittle · Visual Effects Supervisor
- C'era una volta a… Hollywood · Visual Effects Designer
- Ghost in the Shell · Visual Effects Supervisor
- Kong: Skull Island · Visual Effects Supervisor
- X-Men - Apocalisse · Visual Effects Designer
- Il settimo figlio · Visual Effects Designer, Visual Effects Supervisor
- Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class · In persona
- X-Men - L'inizio · Visual Effects Designer
- Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible · In persona
- Bastardi senza gloria · Visual Effects Designer
- Hancock · Visual Effects Designer, Visual Effects Supervisor
- Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001 · In persona
- Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001 · In persona
- Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon · In persona
- Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet · In persona
- The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz · In persona
- 8 Arms to Hold You · In persona
- Spider-Man 2 · Visual Effects Designer
- VH1 Goes Inside · In persona
- Spider-Man · Visual Effects Designer
- Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of Spider-Man · In persona
- Sciography
- Stuart Little - Un topolino in gamba · Second Unit Director, Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
- Stuart Little: Making It Big · In persona
- Batman & Robin · Visual Effects
- Batman Forever · Visual Effects Supervisor
- Riddle Me This: Why Is Batman Forever? · In persona
- Ho sposato un'aliena · Visual Effects Supervisor
- Invaders · Visual Effects Producer, Second Unit Director
- Space Vampires · Visual Effects
- The Making Of Lifeforce · In persona
- Clint Eastwood: Director · In persona
- Palla da golf · Special Effects Supervisor
- Star Trek · Visual Effects
- Avalanche Express · Special Effects
- Battaglie nella galassia · Produzione
- Guerre stellari · Visual Effects
- Oscars: La notte in diretta · In persona