Douglas Trumbull
Visual Effects
Born April 8, 1942 · Los Angeles, California, USA
Died February 7, 2022
Also known as Douglas Hunt Trumbull
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Douglas Huntley Trumbull (April 8, 1942, Los Angeles- 7th February 2022 ) is an American film director, special effects supervisor, and inventor. He contributed to, or was responsible for, the special photographic effects of 2001: A Space Odyssey, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Star Trek: The Motion Picture and Blade Runner, and directed the movies Silent Running and Brainstorm. Description above from the Wikipedia article Douglas Trumbull licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Awards & recognition
- Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame · 2010
- Time Machine Award · 1997
- Progress Medal (SMPTE)
- Academy Award — Best Visual Effects · 1983 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Visual Effects · 1980 · nominated
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- Academy Award — Best Visual Effects · 1978 · nominated
Filmography19 titles
Chesley Bonestell: A Brush with the Future
Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey
2001: A Space Odyssey
Blade Runner
Jodorowsky's Dune
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
The Andromeda Strain
The Real History of Science Fiction
The Tree of Life
In Search of Tomorrow
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind
Silent Running
Brainstorm
The Alien Perspective
The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot
Candy