
Richard Edlund
Visual Effects
Born: December 6, 1940 (85 years old)
Place of birth: 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 Awards. Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Edlund, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography (39)
- The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story (1999, ★ 7.5)
- Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy (2004, ★ 7.7)
- The Empire Strikes Back (1980, ★ 8.4)
- Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014, ★ 7.2)
- Star Wars: Greatest Moments (2015, ★ 7)
- Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible (2010, ★ 6.6)
- Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters (2020, ★ 6.9)
- Power of Grayskull: The Definitive History of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (2017, ★ 6.9)
- Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³' (2003, ★ 7.8)
- LIGHT & MAGIC (2022, ★ 7.8)
- Ghostbusters (1984, ★ 7.5)
- Die Hard (1988, ★ 7.8)
- Charlie Wilson's War (2007, ★ 6.5)
- Alien³ (1992, ★ 6.4)
- Ghost (1990, ★ 7.2)
- Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981, ★ 7.9)
- Star Wars (1977, ★ 8.2)
- Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight (1995, ★ 6.9)
- Air Force One (1997, ★ 6.5)
- Big Trouble in Little China (1986, ★ 7.2)
- The China Syndrome (1979, ★ 7.1)
- Fright Night (1985, ★ 7)
- Poltergeist (1982, ★ 7.2)
- Return of the Jedi (1983, ★ 7.9)
- Vibes (1988, ★ 5.7)
- Bedazzled (2000, ★ 6.1)
- Bullet to the Head (2012, ★ 5.6)
- Solarbabies (1986, ★ 5.3)
- The Stepford Wives (2004, ★ 5.7)
- Species (1995, ★ 6)