Dennis Muren

Personal Info

Known For Visual Effects

Gender Male

Birthday 1946-11-01 (78 years old)

Place of Birth Glendale, California, USA

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 cinematic arts and advanced technologies." According to Spielberg, Muren "set the example at Industrial Light & Magic for visual effects excellence with effects that add strong, appropriate emotion to a shot and fit seamlessly into a movie." Description above from the Wikipedia article Dennis Muren, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Visual Effects

2011
Super 8

as Visual Effects Supervisor

2005
War of the Worlds

as Senior Visual Effects Supervisor

2003
Hulk

as Visual Effects Supervisor

2002
2001
A.I. Artificial Intelligence

as Visual Effects Supervisor

1999
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

as Visual Effects Supervisor

1993
Jurassic Park

as Visual Effects Supervisor

1991
Terminator 2: Judgment Day

as Visual Effects

1991
Terminator 2: Judgment Day

as Visual Effects Supervisor

1989
Ghostbusters II

as Visual Effects Supervisor

1989
The Abyss

as Visual Effects Supervisor

1987
Innerspace

as Visual Effects Supervisor

1985
Young Sherlock Holmes

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

1981
Dragonslayer

as Visual Effects Supervisor

Actor

2022
In Search of Tomorrow

as Self - Interviewee

2022
Light & Magic

as Self - Camera Department

2020
Empire at 40

as Self

2017
Spielberg

as Self

2013
From Morf to Morphing: The Dawn of Digital Filmmaking

as Self - Senior Visual Effects Supervisor

2012
Side by Side

as Self

2007
2006
1988
Willow: The Making of an Adventure

as Self - Visual Effects

1981
Raiders of the Lost Ark

as Nazi Spy on the Airplane (uncredited)

Crew

2015
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

as Creative Consultant

1997
Deconstructing Harry

as Creative Consultant

1984
The Ewok Adventure

as Special Effects

1970
Equinox

as Special Effects

Director

Producer

2021
Mad God

as Associate Producer

1970
Equinox

as Associate Producer