Richard Edlund
Born: 1940-12-06
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.
Known For
Restoring a Legend: Gone with the Wind
2004★ 9.0
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014★ 7.2
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
2004★ 7.8
Star Wars: Greatest Moments
2015★ 7.0
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
2020★ 6.9
Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible
2010★ 6.7
Power of Grayskull: The Definitive History of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
2017★ 6.9
Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault
2016★ 6.8
The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story
1999★ 7.5
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
2003★ 7.8
Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
2005★ 8.0
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
1994★ 0.0
2010 : The Odyssey Continues
1984★ 0.0
Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic
1993★ 7.4
Star Trek: The Journey to the Silver Screen
2016★ 2.8
King Kong 60th Anniversary Special: "It was beauty killed the beast."
1992★ 0.0
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
2007★ 6.0
The Creep Behind the Camera
2014★ 5.0
The Lost Legacy of Tony Gaudio
2024★ 7.5