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Richard Edlund
Visual Effects
06 Dec 1940 (85 years)
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 Awa...
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Richard Edlund's Movies
77%
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
20 Sept 2004
72%
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
06 Oct 2014
69%
Power of Grayskull: The Definitive History of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
09 Sept 2017
66%
Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible
12 Nov 2010
70%
Star Wars: Greatest Moments
26 Dec 2015
78%
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
02 Dec 2003
69%
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
07 Jan 2020
75%
The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story
08 Oct 1999
50%
The Creep Behind the Camera
13 Apr 2014
74%
Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic
01 Jan 1993
93%
Restoring a Legend: Gone with the Wind
09 Nov 2004
60%
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
23 Oct 2007
68%
Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault
05 Dec 2016
28%
Star Trek: The Journey to the Silver Screen
07 Jun 2016
80%
Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
17 Jan 2005
75%
The Lost Legacy of Tony Gaudio
12 Sept 2024
0%
King Kong 60th Anniversary Special: "It was beauty killed the beast."
16 Sept 1992
0%
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
22 May 1994
0%
2010 : The Odyssey Continues
01 Jan 1984
