Dennis Muren
About the person
Career:
Visual Effects
Date of birth:1946-11-0179
Place of birth:Glendale, California, USA
Gender:Male
Popularity:1
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."
Filmography
Rating by year
- Shrinkage: The Making of InnerspaceSelf2026-04-280.00
- A Celebration of TenacitySelf2024-06-010.00
- Lost to Time: Unearthing the PrimevalsSelf2024-05-310.00
- LIGHT & MAGICSelf2022-07-277.856
- In Search of TomorrowSelf - Interviewee2022-02-196.631
- Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and MonstersSelf2019-09-147.510
- T2: Reprogramming The TerminatorSelf2017-11-237.419
- SpielbergSelf2017-10-057.6308
- Finding Harryhausen with Dennis MurenHimself2017-09-190.00
- Creature Designers: The Frankenstein ComplexSelf2015-11-187.230
- Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects TitanSelf2012-09-297.439
- Side by SideSelf2012-08-197.3313
- Return to Jurassic ParkSelf2011-02-056.6846
- Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the ImpossibleSelf2010-11-126.732
- Visual Effects: The Thief of BagdadSelf2008-05-277.01
- Nexus Generation: Fans & FilmmakersSelf2007-12-030.00
- Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001Self2007-10-236.04
- Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001Self2007-10-236.28
- The Pixar StorySelf2007-08-287.6245
- Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden PlanetSelf2006-11-144.53
- The Sci-Fi BoysSelf2006-04-277.012
- George Lucas: Creating an EmpireSelf2005-01-275.01
- Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years CollectionSelf2005-01-178.03
- The Making of 'Hulk'Self2003-10-280.00
- No Feat But What We Make: 'Terminator 2' and the Rise of Digital Effects2003-06-037.04
- R2-D2: Beneath the DomeSelf2001-11-256.722
- The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'Self2001-05-087.111
- From Morf to Morphing: The Dawn of Digital FilmmakingSelf - Senior Visual Effects Supervisor2001-04-054.84
- Ray Harryhausen: Working with DinosaursSelf1999-12-258.52
- Crossing the Frontier: Making The Last StarfighterSelf1999-06-2210.01
- From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & MagicSelf1999-06-157.811
- The Making of 'The Lost World'Self1997-05-086.97
- Star Wars: The Magic & the MysterySelf1997-02-068.01
- The Harryhausen ChroniclesSelf1997-01-017.014
- The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'Self1996-10-017.417
- The Making of 'Jurassic Park'Self1995-04-237.324
- Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special EffectsSelf1994-05-229.01
- The Making of 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day'Self1991-09-107.145
- Willow: The Making of an AdventureSelf - Visual Effects1988-04-267.37
- The Making of 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'Self1984-12-047.68
- From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a SagaSelf1983-12-037.422
- Classic Creatures: Return of the JediSelf1983-11-218.911
- Raiders of the Lost ArkNazi Spy on the Airplane (uncredited)1981-06-127.913,704
- SP FX: The Empire Strikes BackSelf1980-09-228.312