Dennis Muren
Age: N/A | From: Glendale, California, USA
Person Details
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Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Glendale, California, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 66
TV Involvements: 1
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Raiders of the Lost Ark
(1981) Nazi Spy on the Airplane (uncredited)
Return to Jurassic Park
(2011) Self
The Pixar Story
(2007) Self
Spielberg
(2017) Self
Side by Side
(2012) Self
The Making of 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day'
(1991) Self
Light & Magic
(2022) Self - Camera DepartmentActing
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| 2024 | Self | |
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| 2022 | Self - Camera Department | |
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| 2020 | Self | |
| 2019 | Self | |
| 2017 | Self | |
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| 2015 | Self | |
| 2014 | Self | |
| 2013 | Self - Senior Visual Effects Supervisor | |
| 2012 | Self | |
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| 2011 | Self | |
| 2010 | Self | |
| 2008 | Self | |
| 2007 | Self | |
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| 2006 | Self | |
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| 2005 | Self | |
| 2003 | N/A | |
| 2001 | Self | |
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| 1999 | Self | |
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| 1997 | Self | |
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| 1996 | Self | |
| 1995 | Self | |
| 1994 | Self | |
| 1991 | Self | |
| 1988 | Self - Visual Effects | |
| 1984 | Self | |
| 1983 | Self | |
| 1981 | Nazi Spy on the Airplane (uncredited) | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Crew
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Thanks | |
| Thanks | ||
| 2015 | Creative Consultant | |
| 1997 | Creative Consultant | |
| 1984 | Special Effects | |
| 1970 | Special Effects | |
| 1967 | Special Effects | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Associate Producer | |
| 1970 | Associate Producer | |
| 1967 | Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Visual Effects
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Visual Effects Supervisor | |
| 2005 | Senior Visual Effects Supervisor | |
| 2003 | Visual Effects Supervisor | |
| 2002 | Visual Effects Supervisor | |
| 2001 | Visual Effects Supervisor | |
| 1999 | Visual Effects Supervisor | |
| 1993 | Visual Effects Supervisor | |
| 1991 | Visual Effects | |
| Visual Effects Supervisor | ||
| 1989 | Visual Effects Supervisor | |
| Visual Effects Supervisor | ||
| 1987 | Visual Effects Supervisor | |
| 1985 | Visual Effects Supervisor | |
| 1984 | Visual Effects Supervisor | |
| 1982 | Visual Effects Supervisor | |
| 1981 | Visual Effects Supervisor | |
| Animation | ||
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Director | |
| 1967 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |