Place of Birth:
Glendale, California, USA
Date of Birth:
11/1/1946
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, opening the doors for screenwriters and directors to tell stories never before possible with a new realism through the use of his skills in cinematic arts and advanced technologies." According to Spielberg, Muren "set the example at Industrial Light & Magic for visual effects excellence with effects that add strong, appropriate emotion to a shot and fit seamlessly into a movie." Description above from the Wikipedia article Dennis Muren, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Nexus Generation: Fans & Filmmakers
The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
The Sci-Fi Boys
Side by Side
George Lucas: Creating an Empire
Finding Harryhausen with Dennis Muren
The Pixar Story
Ray Harryhausen: Working with Dinosaurs
Visual Effects: The Thief of Bagdad
Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Lost in Time: Unearthing the Primevals
A Celebration of Tenacity
The Harryhausen Chronicles
The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
Spielberg
Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi
Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
Return to Jurassic Park
From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic
The Making of 'The Lost World'
From Morf to Morphing: The Dawn of Digital Filmmaking
Willow: The Making of an Adventure
In Search of Tomorrow
Empire at 40
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
The Making of 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day'
T2: Reprogramming The Terminator
No Feat But What We Make: 'Terminator 2' and the Rise of Digital Effects
The Making of 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
Crossing the Frontier: Making The Last Starfighter
From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga