Richard Edlund

About the person

Career:

Visual Effects

Date of birth:

1940-12-0685

Place of birth:

Fargo, North Dakota, USA

Gender:

Male

Popularity:

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Edlund, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

Rating by year

The Lost Legacy of Tony Gaudio
Self
2024-09-12
7.51
LIGHT & MAGIC
Self
2022-07-27
7.856
LIGHT & MAGIC
Self - Visual Effects Supervisor
2022-07-27
7.856
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
Self
2020-01-07
6.916
Power of Grayskull: The Definitive History of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
Self - Visual Effects Designer / Cinematographer
2017-09-09
7.050
Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault
Self
2016-12-05
6.84
Star Trek: The Journey to the Silver Screen
2016-07-06
1.52
Star Trek: The Journey to the Silver Screen
Self
2016-06-07
2.83
Star Wars: Greatest Moments
Self
2015-12-26
7.133
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Self - Visual Effects Supervisor
2014-10-06
7.2179
Toy Masters
Self
2014-08-16
5.33
The Creep Behind the Camera
Himself
2014-04-13
5.08
Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible
Self
2010-11-12
6.732
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
Self
2007-10-23
6.04
Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
Self
2005-01-17
8.03
Restoring a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Himself
2004-11-09
8.85
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
Self
2004-09-20
7.8208
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
Self (archive footage)
2003-12-02
7.823
The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story
Himself
1999-10-08
7.89
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
Self
1994-05-22
9.01
Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic
Self - Special Effects Director
1993-01-01
7.79
King Kong 60th Anniversary Special: "It was beauty killed the beast."
Self
1992-09-16
8.01
2010 : The Odyssey Continues
Himself
1984-01-01
10.01
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
Self
1980-09-22
8.312