Richard Edlund
- Visual effects
- December 6, 1940 · Fargo, North Dakota, USA
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Rubberhead: The Life & Monsters of Steve Johnson · Self
- The Lost Legacy of Tony Gaudio · Self
- LIGHT & MAGIC · Self
- Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters · Self
- Power of Grayskull: The Definitive History of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe · Self
- Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault · Self
- Star Trek: The Journey to the Silver Screen
- Star Trek: The Journey to the Silver Screen · Self
- Star Wars: Greatest Moments · Self
- Barely Lethal · Visual Effects Supervisor
- Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films · Self
- Toy Masters · Self
- The Creep Behind the Camera · Self
- Bullet to the Head · Visual Effects Supervisor
- 21 Jump Street · Visual Effects Supervisor
- Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible · Self
- Charlie Wilson's War · Visual Effects Supervisor
- Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001 · Self
- Fantastic Voyage: "Making Of"
- Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection · Self
- Restoring a Legend: Gone with the Wind · Self
- Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy · Self
- The Stepford Wives · Visual Effects Design Consultant
- Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³' · Self
- Bedazzled · Visual Effects Supervisor
- The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story · Self
- Air Force One · Visual Effects Supervisor
- Species · Visual Effects Supervisor
- Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight · Producer
- Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects · Self
- Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic · Self
- King Kong 60th Anniversary Special: "It was beauty killed the beast." · Self
- Solar Crisis · Producer
- Alien³ · Visual Effects Producer
- The Making of 'Alien³' · Self
- Ghost · Visual Effects Supervisor
- Vibes · Visual Effects Producer
- Big Top Pee-wee · Visual Effects Producer
- Die Hard · Visual Effects Producer
- Leonard Part 6 · Visual Effects Producer
- The Monster Squad · Visual Effects Supervisor
- Masters of the Universe · Visual Effects Supervisor
- Solarbabies · Visual Effects Producer
- Legal Eagles · Visual Effects Supervisor
- Big Trouble in Little China · Visual Effects Producer
- Fright Night · Visual Effects Producer
- Ghostbusters · Visual Effects
- 2010 : The Odyssey Continues · Self
- Return of the Jedi · Visual Effects
- Poltergeist · Visual Effects Supervisor
- Raiders of the Lost Ark · Visual Effects Supervisor
- SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back · Self
- The Empire Strikes Back · Visual Effects
- The China Syndrome · Visual Effects Camera
- Star Wars · Visual Effects
- The Oscars · Self