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Dennis Muren

Visual Effects

Born November 1, 1946 · Glendale, California, USA

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Biography

Dennis Muren, A.S.C 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."

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Awards & recognition

  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame · 1999
  • Academy Award — Best Visual Effects · 1994
  • Academy Award — Best Visual Effects · 1992
  • Academy Award — Best Visual Effects · 1990
  • Academy Award — Best Visual Effects · 1988
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  • Academy Award — Best Visual Effects · 1985
  • Special Achievement Academy Award · 1984
  • Academy Award — Best Visual Effects · 1983
  • Academy Award — Technical Achievement · 1982
  • Special Achievement Academy Award · 1981
  • Academy Award — Best Visual Effects · 2006 · nominated
  • Academy Award — Best Visual Effects · 2002 · nominated
  • Academy Award — Best Visual Effects · 2000 · nominated
  • Academy Award — Best Visual Effects · 1998 · nominated
  • Academy Award — Best Visual Effects · 1994 · nominated
  • Academy Award — Best Visual Effects · 1992 · nominated
  • Academy Award — Best Visual Effects · 1990 · nominated
  • Academy Award — Best Visual Effects · 1989 · nominated
  • Academy Award — Best Visual Effects · 1988 · nominated
  • Academy Award — Best Visual Effects · 1986 · nominated
  • Academy Award — Best Visual Effects · 1985 · nominated
  • Academy Award — Best Visual Effects · 1983 · nominated
  • Academy Award — Best Visual Effects · 1982 · nominated

Filmography32 titles

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

1991Visual Effects Supervisor

Jurassic Park

1993Visual Effects Supervisor

Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi

1983Visual Effects Supervisor

Raiders of the Lost Ark

1981as Nazi Spy on the Airplane (uncredited)

Light & Magic

2022as Self

Spielberg

2017as Self

The Pixar Story

2007as Self

Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters

2019as Self

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

1982Visual Effects Supervisor

Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan

2011as Self

The Abyss

1989Visual Effects Supervisor

Side by Side

2012as Self

Deconstructing Harry

1997Creative Consultant

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

1984Visual Effects Supervisor

Creature Designers - The Frankenstein Complex

2015as Self

Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens

2015Creative Consultant

A.I. Artificial Intelligence

2001Visual Effects Supervisor

The Sci-Fi Boys

2006as Self

Mad God

2021Associate Producer

Super 8

2011Visual Effects Supervisor

Innerspace

1987Visual Effects Supervisor

Young Sherlock Holmes

1985Visual Effects Supervisor

In Search of Tomorrow

2022as Self - Interviewee

War of the Worlds

2005Senior Visual Effects Supervisor

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

2002Visual Effects Supervisor

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

1999Visual Effects Supervisor

The Lost World: Jurassic Park

1997Visual Effects Supervisor

Ghostbusters II

1989Visual Effects Supervisor

Dragonslayer

1981Visual Effects Supervisor

The Ewok Adventure

1984Special Effects

Hulk

2003Visual Effects Supervisor

Equinox

1970Associate Producer, Director, Special Effects