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Known For

Visual Effects

Known Credits

71

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 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

Acting

The Sci-Fi Boys

2006

The Sci-Fi Boys

as

Self

Side by Side

2012

Side by Side

as

Self

The Pixar Story

2007

The Pixar Story

as

Self

Raiders of the Lost Ark

1981

Raiders of the Lost Ark

as

Nazi Spy on the Airplane (uncredited)

Spielberg

2017

Spielberg

as

Self

From Morf to Morphing: The Dawn of Digital Filmmaking

2013

From Morf to Morphing: The Dawn of Digital Filmmaking

as

Self - Senior Visual Effects Supervisor

Willow: The Making of an Adventure

1988

Willow: The Making of an Adventure

as

Self - Visual Effects

In Search of Tomorrow

2022

In Search of Tomorrow

as

Self - Interviewee

Empire at 40

2020

Empire at 40

as

Self

LIGHT & MAGIC

LIGHT & MAGIC

as

Self - Camera Department

LIGHT & MAGIC

LIGHT & MAGIC

as

Self - Visual Effects Supervisor

Production

Crew

Directing