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 · 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

🏆 Won

star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

1999

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Visual Effects

The Lost World: Jurassic Park

1998

🏆 Won

Academy Award for Best Visual Effects

Jurassic Park

1994

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Visual Effects

Jurassic Park

1994

🏆 Won

Academy Award for Best Visual Effects

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

1992

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Visual Effects

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

1992

🏆 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

🏆 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

🏆 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

🏆 Won

Special Achievement Academy Award

Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi

1984

🏆 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

🏆 Won

Academy Award for Technical Achievement

1982

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Visual Effects

Dragonslayer

1982

🏆 Won

Special Achievement Academy Award

Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back

1981

Dennis Muren

Biography

Awards & Nominations10 won · 13 nominated

Acting40 titles

Crossing the Frontier: Making The Last Starfighter

Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects

Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi

Ray Harryhausen: Working with Dinosaurs

SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back

Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery

Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection

Raiders of the Lost Ark

From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic

LIGHT & MAGIC

The Pixar Story

Spielberg

The Making of 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'

Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters

The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'

Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan

T2: Reprogramming The Terminator

From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga

Side by Side

The Making of 'Jurassic Park'

Willow: The Making of an Adventure

Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex

The Making of 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day'

The Sci-Fi Boys

The Harryhausen Chronicles

The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'

No Feat But What We Make: 'Terminator 2' and the Rise of Digital Effects

The Making of 'The Lost World'

R2-D2: Beneath the Dome

Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible

Return to Jurassic Park

In Search of Tomorrow

Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001

Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001

George Lucas: Creating an Empire

From Morf to Morphing: The Dawn of Digital Filmmaking

Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet

Nexus Generation: Fans & Filmmakers

Lost to Time: Unearthing the Primevals

Shrinkage: The Making of Innerspace

Directing3 titles

The Equinox ... A Journey into the Supernatural

Equinox

Dancing Beer Bottles

Writing1 title

Raiders of the Stone Ring

Production3 titles

Mad God

The Equinox ... A Journey into the Supernatural

Equinox

Camera1 title

SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back

Visual Effects18 titles

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Jurassic Park

Return of the Jedi

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

The Abyss

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

A.I. Artificial Intelligence

Innerspace

Super 8

Young Sherlock Holmes

Ghostbusters II

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

The Lost World: Jurassic Park

Dragonslayer

War of the Worlds

Hulk

Dancing Beer Bottles

Crew6 titles

Deconstructing Harry

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

The Ewok Adventure

The Equinox ... A Journey into the Supernatural