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.
44 movies · 2 shows
Shrinkage: The Making of Innerspace
2026·0.0
A Celebration of Tenacity
2024·0.0
Lost to Time: Unearthing the Primevals
2024·0.0
In Search of Tomorrow
2022·6.6
Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters
2019·7.5
T2: Reprogramming The Terminator
2017·7.4
Spielberg
2017·7.5
Finding Harryhausen with Dennis Muren
2017·0.0
Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
2015·7.2
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
2012·7.4
Side by Side
2012·7.3
Return to Jurassic Park
2011·6.6
Bob Burns' Hollywood Haloween
2011·0.0
Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible
2010·6.7
Visual Effects: The Thief of Bagdad
2008·7.0
Nexus Generation: Fans & Filmmakers
2007·0.0
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
2007·6.0
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
2007·6.2
The Pixar Story
2007·7.5
Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
2006·4.5
The Sci-Fi Boys
2006·7.0
George Lucas: Creating an Empire
2005·5.0
Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
2005·8.0
The Making of 'Hulk'
2003·0.0
No Feat But What We Make: 'Terminator 2' and the Rise of Digital Effects
2003·7.0
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
2001·6.7
The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
2001·7.1
From Morf to Morphing: The Dawn of Digital Filmmaking
2001·4.8
Ray Harryhausen: Working with Dinosaurs
1999·8.5
Crossing the Frontier: Making The Last Starfighter
1999·10.0
From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic
1999·7.8
The Making of 'The Lost World'
1997·6.9
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
1997·8.0
The Harryhausen Chronicles
1997·7.0
The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'
1996·7.4
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
1995·7.3
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
1994·9.0
The Making of 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day'
1991·7.1
Willow: The Making of an Adventure
1988·7.3
The Making of 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'
1984·7.6
From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga
1983·7.4
Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi
1983·8.9
Raiders of the Lost Ark
1981·7.9
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
1980·8.3