Richard Edlund

Personal Info

Know For

Visual Effects

Gender

Male

Birthday

1940-12-06 (85 years old)

Place of Birth

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

Production

1984

Ghostbusters

as Visual Effects

1992

Solar Crisis

as Producer

1988

Vibes

as Visual Effects Producer

2000

Bedazzled

as Visual Effects Supervisor

1987

Leonard Part 6

as Visual Effects Producer

2007

Charlie Wilson's War

as Visual Effects Supervisor

1992

Alien³

as Visual Effects Producer

2012

Bullet to the Head

as Visual Effects Supervisor

1988

Die Hard

as Visual Effects Producer

1990

Ghost

as Visual Effects Supervisor

1988

Big Top Pee-wee

as Visual Effects Producer

1980

The Empire Strikes Back

as Visual Effects

1981

Raiders of the Lost Ark

as Visual Effects Supervisor

1986

Solarbabies

as Visual Effects Producer

1997

Air Force One

as Visual Effects Supervisor

2004

The Stepford Wives

as Visual Effects Design Consultant

1995

Species

as Visual Effects Supervisor

1979

The China Syndrome

as Visual Effects Camera

1986

Big Trouble in Little China

as Visual Effects Producer

2012

21 Jump Street

as Visual Effects Supervisor

1987

Masters of the Universe

as Visual Effects Supervisor

1985

Fright Night

as Visual Effects Producer

1987

The Monster Squad

as Visual Effects Supervisor

1982

Poltergeist

as Visual Effects Supervisor

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The Forever War

as Producer

1986

Legal Eagles

as Visual Effects Supervisor

1983

Return of the Jedi

as Visual Effects

1977

Star Wars

as Visual Effects

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