Richard Edlund
Birthday: 1940-12-06
Place of Birth: Fargo, North Dakota, USA
Biography: Richard Edlund, ASC (born December 6, 1940) is an American visual effects artist and inventor. He was a founding member of Industrial Light & Magic, having already founded Pignose amplifiers, and later co-founded Boss Film Studios and DuMonde VFX. He has won two Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects (1978, Star Wars; 1982, Raiders of the Lost Ark), two Special Achievement Awards, two Scientific and Technical Awards, and the Medal of Commendation. He is also a recipient of the BAFTA and Emmy Awards. Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Edlund, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movies
The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story
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Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
A documentary about the rise and fall of the Cannon Film Group, the legendary independent film compa...
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Restoring a Legend: Gone with the Wind
DVD featurette on the restoration of Gone with the Wind (1939)....
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The Creep Behind the Camera
An exploration of the making of b-movie sci-fi cult classic "The Creeping Terror" and its con-man di...
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Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
From the earliest versions of the script to the blockbuster debuts, explore the creation of the Star...
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Star Wars: Greatest Moments
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Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible
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Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
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Star Trek: The Journey to the Silver Screen
In celebration of Star Trek's 50th anniversary, this two-hour documentary explores this enduring fra...
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Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
The documentary that tells us the full story from where it all started through to the future of the ...
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King Kong 60th Anniversary Special: "It was beauty killed the beast."
Documentary on the making of the 1933 RKO film King Kong. Contains interviews with George Turner, Li...
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Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault
Fifty years after the original Star Trek first arrived on television, is there anything about Gene R...
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Power of Grayskull: The Definitive History of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
This documentary looks to forge the greatest, most definitive, documentary on everything He-Man and ...
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Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
The creation of the film Alien³ (1992) is covered here in this feature-length documentary in exhaust...
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The Lost Legacy of Tony Gaudio
De Sica, Fellini, Loren, Benigni, Sorrentino. Many Italians have won an Academy Award®. But who was ...
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Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
Documentary focused on the creation of movie and television special effects, hosted by Roy Scheider ...
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2010 : The Odyssey Continues
This promotional short for 2010 (1984) shows moviegoers how some of the film's visual effects were c...
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Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
For over a half century, Ray Harryhausen has amazed and inspired countless filmmakers and fans aroun...
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