Personal Info
Known For
Visual Effects
Gender
Male
December 6, 1940 (85 years old)
Fargo, North Dakota, USA
Richard Edlund
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.
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Known For
Acting
LIGHT & MAGIC
2022
LIGHT & MAGIC
2022
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
2020
Power of Grayskull: The Definitive History of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
2017
Star Wars: Greatest Moments
2015
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014
Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible
2010
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
2004
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
2003
The Oscars
1953
Crew
Bullet to the Head
Visual Effects Supervisor
2012
21 Jump Street
Visual Effects Supervisor
2012
Charlie Wilson's War
Visual Effects Supervisor
2007
The Stepford Wives
Visual Effects Design Consultant
2004
Bedazzled
Visual Effects Supervisor
2000
Air Force One
Visual Effects Supervisor
1997
Species
Visual Effects Supervisor
1995
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
Producer
1995
Solar Crisis
Producer
1992
Alien³
Visual Effects Producer
1992
Ghost
Visual Effects Supervisor
1990
Vibes
Visual Effects Producer
1988