Biography
Dennis Muren is the Senior Visual Effects Supervisor and Creative Director of Industrial Light & Magic. A recipient of nine Oscars for Best Achievement in Visual Effects and a Technical Achievement Academy Award®, Muren is actively involved in the evolution of the company, as well as the design and development of new techniques and equipment. In June 1999, Muren became the first visual effects artist to be honored with a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In February 2007, he was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Visual Effects Society. Muren is currently working on a book focusing on “observation” for digital artists.
As Creative Director of Industrial Light & Magic, Muren is a key member of the company’s leadership team and collaborates with all of ILM’s supervisors on each of the films that the company contributes to.
Advertisement
Filmography
all 60
Movies 59
self 36
Director 4
TV Shows 1
Producer 1
Self - Camera Department / Self - Visual Effects Supervisor
Light & Magic (2022)
TV
Associate Producer
Mad God (2022)
Movie
6.5
Self - Interviewee
In Search of Tomorrow (2022)
Movie
Self
Empire at 40 (2020)
Movie
Self
Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters (2019)
Movie
Self
T2: Reprogramming The Terminator (2017)
Movie
Self
Spielberg (2017)
Movie
Self
Finding Harryhausen with Dennis Muren (2017)
Movie
Creative Consultant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
Movie
6.86
Himself
Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex (2015)
Movie
Self
Ralph McQuarrie: Tribute to a Master (2014)
Movie
Self - Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
From Morf to Morphing: The Dawn of Digital Filmmaking (2013)
Movie
Self
Side by Side (2012)
Movie
1
Self
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan (2011)
Movie
2
Visual Effects Supervisor
Super 8 (2011)
Movie
7.9
Self
Return to Jurassic Park (2011)
Movie
Self
Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible (2010)
Movie
Self
Nexus Generation: Fans & Filmmakers (2007)
Movie
Self
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001 (2007)
Movie
Self
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001 (2007)
Movie
Self
The Pixar Story (2007)
Movie
Self
Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet (2006)
Movie
Self
The Sci-Fi Boys (2006)
Movie
Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
War of the Worlds (2005)
Movie
6.85
Self
George Lucas: Creating an Empire (2005)
Movie
Self
The Light and Magic of 'Indiana Jones' (2003)
Movie
Visual Effects Supervisor
Hulk (2003)
Movie
6.75
Self
No Feat But What We Make: 'Terminator 2' and the Rise of Digital Effects (2003)
Movie
Visual Effects Supervisor
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
Movie
6.15
Self
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome (2001)
Movie
Visual Effects Supervisor
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
Movie
5.83
Self
The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' (2001)
Movie
Self
From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic (1999)
Movie
Visual Effects Supervisor
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
Movie
6.13
Creative Consultant
Deconstructing Harry (1997)
Movie
6
Himself
The Making of 'The Lost World' (1997)
Movie
Self
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery (1997)
Movie
Self
The Harryhausen Chronicles (1997)
Movie
Self
The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial' (1996)
Movie
Self
The Making of 'Jurassic Park' (1995)
Movie
Visual Effects Supervisor
Jurassic Park (1993)
Movie
6.86
Visual Effects / Visual Effects Supervisor
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
Movie
6.02
Self
The Making of 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day' (1991)
Movie
Visual Effects Supervisor
The Abyss (1989)
Movie
6
Visual Effects Supervisor
Ghostbusters II (1989)
Movie
5.78
Self - Visual Effects
Willow: The Making of an Adventure (1988)
Movie
Visual Effects Supervisor
Innerspace (1987)
Movie
6.75
Director
Star Tours (1987)
Movie
Visual Effects Supervisor
Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)
Movie
4
Self
The Making of 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom' (1984)
Movie
Special Effects
The Ewok Adventure (1984)
Movie
Visual Effects Supervisor
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Movie
5.9
Self
Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi (1983)
Movie
Visual Effects Supervisor
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Movie
6.59
Visual Effects Supervisor
Dragonslayer (1981)
Movie
6.5
Nazi Spy on the Airplane (uncredited)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Movie
6.16
Director
Equinox (1970)
Movie
Director
The Equinox...A Journey Into the Supernatural (1967)
Movie
Director / Animation
Dancing Beer Bottles
Movie
Self
Ray Harryhausen: Working With Dinosaurs
Movie
Ratings
Average 6.57
Based on 9.04 Million movie and tv ratings over time
1967
1991
2002
1997
2022
Advertisement
Information
Known ForVisual Effects
GenderMale
Birthday1946-11-01 (77 years old)
Birth PlaceGlendale, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Special Achievement Academy Award, Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, Academy Award for Technical Achievement
This article uses material from Wikipedia.
Advertisement
Dennis Muren- Filmography
- Information
- Related Persons