Dennis Muren

Personal Info

Know For

Visual Effects

Gender

Male

Birthday

1946-11-01 (79 years old)

Place of Birth

Glendale, California, USA

Also known As

-

Dennis Muren

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 cinemati...

Acting

2007

Nexus Generation: Fans & Filmmakers

as Self

1996

The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'

as Self

1997

Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery

as Self

2006

The Sci-Fi Boys

as Self

2012

as Self

2005

George Lucas: Creating an Empire

as Self

2017

Finding Harryhausen with Dennis Muren

as Himself

2007

The Pixar Story

as Self

1999

Ray Harryhausen: Working with Dinosaurs

as Self

2008

Visual Effects: The Thief of Bagdad

as Self

2015

Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex

as Self

1981

Raiders of the Lost Ark

as Nazi Spy on the Airplane (uncredited)

2024

Lost in Time: Unearthing the Primevals

as Self

2024

A Celebration of Tenacity

as Self

1997

The Harryhausen Chronicles

as Self

2001

The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'

as Self

2017

as Self

2010

Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible

as Self

1995

The Making of 'Jurassic Park'

as Self

2007

Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001

as Self

1983

Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi

as Self

2019

Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters

as Self

2012

Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan

as Self

2011

Return to Jurassic Park

as Self

1999

From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic

as Self

1997

The Making of 'The Lost World'

as Self

2013

From Morf to Morphing: The Dawn of Digital Filmmaking

as Self - Senior Visual Effects Supervisor

1988

Willow: The Making of an Adventure

as Self - Visual Effects

2022

In Search of Tomorrow

as Self - Interviewee

2020

as Self

2001

R2-D2: Beneath the Dome

as Self

2006

Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet

as Self

1991

The Making of 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day'

as Self

2017

T2: Reprogramming The Terminator

as Self

2003

No Feat But What We Make: 'Terminator 2' and the Rise of Digital Effects

1984

The Making of 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'

as Self

1994

Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects

as Self

1999

Crossing the Frontier: Making The Last Starfighter

as Self

1983

From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga

as Self

Production

-

Dancing Beer Bottles

as Animation

-

Dancing Beer Bottles

as Director

2021

as Associate Producer

2001

A.I. Artificial Intelligence

as Visual Effects Supervisor

1967

The Equinox ... A Journey into the Supernatural

as Producer

1967

The Equinox ... A Journey into the Supernatural

as Special Effects

1967

The Equinox ... A Journey into the Supernatural

as Director

1997

Deconstructing Harry

as Creative Consultant

1985

Young Sherlock Holmes

as Visual Effects Supervisor

2015

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

as Creative Consultant

1989

Ghostbusters II

as Visual Effects Supervisor

1993

as Visual Effects Supervisor

1970

as Associate Producer

1970

as Special Effects

2024

Lost in Time: Unearthing the Primevals

as Thanks

2024

A Celebration of Tenacity

as Thanks

1991

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

as Visual Effects Supervisor

1984

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

as Visual Effects Supervisor

1982

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

as Visual Effects Supervisor

1987

as Visual Effects Supervisor

1981

as Visual Effects Supervisor

2003

as Visual Effects Supervisor

2011

as Visual Effects Supervisor

1970

as Director

1984

The Ewok Adventure

as Special Effects

2005

War of the Worlds

as Senior Visual Effects Supervisor

2002

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

as Visual Effects Supervisor

1999

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

as Visual Effects Supervisor

1989

as Visual Effects Supervisor

1983

Return of the Jedi

as Visual Effects Supervisor

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