John Dykstra
Personal Info
Know For
Visual Effects
Gender
Male
Birthday
1947-06-03 (78 years old)
Place of Birth
Long Beach, California, USA
Also known As
John Charles Dykstra
John C. Dykstra
John Dykstra
Biography
John Charles Dykstra, A.S.C. (/ˈdaɪkstrə/; born June 3, 1947) is an American special effects artist, a pioneer in developing computers in filmmaking and a recipient of three Academy Awards, among many other awards and prizes. He was one of the original employees of Industrial Light & Magic, the special effects and computer graphics division of Lucasfilm. He is well known as the special effects lead on the original Star Wars, helping bring the original visuals for lightsabers, space battles between X-wings and TIE fighters, and Force powers to the screen. He also led special effects on many other movies, including Batman Forever, Batman & Robi...
Acting
1995
as Self - Visual Effects Supervisor
1982
as Himself
2006
2005
2004
as Self
1999
as Self
Production
1979
as Special Effects
2008
as Visual Effects Designer
1978
as Producer
1999
as Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
1999
as Second Unit Director
1988
as Visual Effects Supervisor
1979
as Visual Effects
1997
as Visual Effects
2017
as Visual Effects Supervisor
1980
as Special Effects Supervisor
2014
as Visual Effects Designer
2004
as Visual Effects Designer
2002
as Visual Effects Designer
1986
as Visual Effects Producer
1985
as Visual Effects
2017
as Visual Effects Supervisor
2004
as Visual Effects Supervisor
2002
as Visual Effects Supervisor
2011
as Visual Effects Supervisor
2008
as Visual Effects Supervisor
2019
as Visual Effects Designer
2009
as Visual Effects Designer
1995
as Visual Effects Supervisor
2016
as Visual Effects Designer
1986
as Second Unit Director
2020
as Visual Effects Supervisor
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