Dennis Muren
Profile info
Known forVisual Effects
GenderMale
Birthday1 November 1946 (79 years old)
Place of birthGlendale, California, USA
Known credits71
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…
Shrinkage: The Making of Innerspace
2026 · Self
A Celebration of Tenacity
2024 · Self
A Celebration of Tenacity
2024 · Thanks
Lost to Time: Unearthing the Primevals
2024 · Self
Lost to Time: Unearthing the Primevals
2024 · Thanks
LIGHT & MAGIC
2022 · Self
In Search of Tomorrow
2022 · Self - Interviewee
Mad God
2021 · Associate Producer
Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters
2019 · Self
T2: Reprogramming The Terminator
2017 · Self
Spielberg
2017 · Self
Finding Harryhausen with Dennis Muren
2017 · Himself
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2015 · Creative Consultant
Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
2015 · Self
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
2012 · Self
Side by Side
2012 · Self
Super 8
2011 · Visual Effects Supervisor
Return to Jurassic Park
2011 · Self
Bob Burns' Hollywood Haloween
2011 · Self
Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible
2010 · Self
Visual Effects: The Thief of Bagdad
2008 · Self
Nexus Generation: Fans & Filmmakers
2007 · Self
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
2007 · Self
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
2007 · Self
The Pixar Story
2007 · Self
Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
2006 · Self
The Sci-Fi Boys
2006 · Self
War of the Worlds
2005 · Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
George Lucas: Creating an Empire
2005 · Self
Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
2005 · Self
The Making of 'Hulk'
2003 · Self
Hulk
2003 · Visual Effects Supervisor
No Feat But What We Make: 'Terminator 2' and the Rise of Digital Effects
2003
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
2002 · Visual Effects Supervisor
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
2001 · Self
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
2001 · Visual Effects Supervisor
The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
2001 · Self
From Morf to Morphing: The Dawn of Digital Filmmaking
2001 · Self - Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
Ray Harryhausen: Working with Dinosaurs
1999 · Self
Crossing the Frontier: Making The Last Starfighter
1999 · Self
From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic
1999 · Self
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1999 · Visual Effects Supervisor
Deconstructing Harry
1997 · Creative Consultant
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
1997 · Visual Effects Supervisor
The Making of 'The Lost World'
1997 · Self
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
1997 · Self
The Harryhausen Chronicles
1997 · Self
The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'
1996 · Self
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