Dennis Muren
Actor
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."
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Filmography
Raiders of the Lost Ark
as Nazi Spy on the Airplane (uncredited) 1981
Return to Jurassic Park
as Self 2011
Side by Side
as Self 2012
Spielberg
as Self 2017
The Pixar Story
as Self 2007
The Making of 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day'
as Self 1991
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
as Self 2012
Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible
as Self 2010
Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
as Self 2015
In Search of Tomorrow
as Self - Interviewee 2022
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
as Self 1995
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
as Self 2001
T2: Reprogramming The Terminator
as Self 2017
From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga
as Self 1983
The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'
as Self 1996
The Sci-Fi Boys
as Self 2006
The Harryhausen Chronicles
as Self 1997