Dennis Muren

Visual Effects

Born: 1946-11-01
From: Glendale, California, USA
Gender: Male
Popularity: 0.5

Biography

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.

Awards & Nominations10 won Β· 13 nominated

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Visual Effects

War of the Worlds

2006
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Visual Effects

A.I. Artificial Intelligence

2002
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Visual Effects

Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace

2000
πŸ† Won

star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

1999
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Visual Effects

The Lost World: Jurassic Park

1998
πŸ† Won

Academy Award for Best Visual Effects

Jurassic Park

1994
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Visual Effects

Jurassic Park

1994
πŸ† Won

Academy Award for Best Visual Effects

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

1992
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Visual Effects

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

1992
πŸ† Won

Academy Award for Best Visual Effects

The Abyss

1990
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Visual Effects

The Abyss

1990
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Visual Effects

Willow

1989
πŸ† Won

Academy Award for Best Visual Effects

Innerspace

1988
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Visual Effects

Innerspace

1988
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Visual Effects

Young Sherlock Holmes

1986
πŸ† Won

Academy Award for Best Visual Effects

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

1985
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Visual Effects

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

1985
πŸ† Won

Special Achievement Academy Award

Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi

1984
πŸ† Won

Academy Award for Best Visual Effects

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

1983
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Visual Effects

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

1983
πŸ† Won

Academy Award for Technical Achievement

1982
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Visual Effects

Dragonslayer

1982
πŸ† Won

Special Achievement Academy Award

Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back

1981

Acting40 titles

Directing3 titles

Writing1 title

Production3 titles

Camera1 title

Visual Effects18 titles

Crew6 titles