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Dennis Muren

Visual Effects | Miscellaneous Crew | Director

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His parents, Elmer Ernest Muren and Charline Louise Muren, gave him his first camera, a $10 Keystone eight-millimeter, when he was 10. He practiced making movies with his friend Rick Baker. See more trivia »

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Dennis Elmer Muren
in Glendale, California, USA
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2011 Super 8 (visual effects supervisor)
 
2005 War of the Worlds (senior visual effects supervisor)
 
2003 Hulk (visual effects supervisor)
 
2002 Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (visual effects supervisor)
 
2001 A.I. Artificial Intelligence (visual effects supervisor)
 
1999 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (visual effects supervisor)
 
1996 Twister (creative advisor: ILM)
 
1995 Casper (digital character supervision)
 
1993 Jurassic Park (visual effects supervisor: ILM - uncredited)
 
1991 Terminator 2: Judgment Day (visual effects supervisor: ILM)
 
1989 The Abyss (visual effects supervisor: ILM - special edition)
 
1989 Ghostbusters II (visual effects supervisor)
 
1988 Willow (visual effects: ILM)
 
1987 Empire of the Sun (additional optical effects)
 
1987 Innerspace (visual effects supervisor)
 
1987 Star Tours (short) (visual effects supervisor: ILM - uncredited)
 
1986 Captain EO (short) (visual effects supervisor)
 
1985 Young Sherlock Holmes (visual effects supervisor)
 
1984 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (visual effects supervisor)
 
1983 Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (visual effects)
 
1982 E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (visual effects supervisor)
 
1981 Dragonslayer (supervisor of special visual effects: ILM)
 
1980 Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (effects director of photography: miniature and optical effects unit)
 
1950 Rocketship X-M (technical consultant: rocket effects - 1979 revised version - uncredited)
 
1978 Battlestar Galactica (TV series) (special effects photography: miniature and optical effects unit - 1 episode)
– Pilot (1978) (special effects photography: miniature and optical effects unit)
 
1977 Close Encounters of the Third Kind (mothership photography)
 
1977 Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (second cameraman: miniature and optical effects unit, visual effects supervisor: ILM - 1997 special edition)
 
1974 Flesh Gordon (effects technician - uncredited, special photographic effects - uncredited)
 
1970 Equinox (special photographic effects)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (6 titles)
2008 WALL·E (visual consultant)
 
1997 Deconstructing Harry (creative advisor)
 
1997 The Lost World: Jurassic Park (full-motion dinosaurs)
 
1996 Mission: Impossible (creative advisor)
 
1993 Jurassic Park (full-motion dinosaurs)
 
1993 Time Machine: The Journey Back (video documentary) (Time Machine restoration crew)
 
Show ShowDirector (2 titles)
1987 Star Tours (short)
 
1970 Equinox (uncredited)
 
Show ShowActor (2 titles)
1987 Star Tours (short)
Star Tours Mechanic (uncredited)
 
1981 Raiders of the Lost Ark
Nazi Spy on the Airplane (uncredited)
 
Show ShowWriter (1 title)
1993 Space Race Ride (writer)
 
Show ShowSpecial Effects (1 title)
1984 The Ewok Adventure (TV movie) (special effects)
 
Show ShowCamera and Electrical Department (1 title)
1980 SPFX: The Empire Strikes Back (TV documentary) (additional photographer)
 
Show ShowProducer (1 title)
1970 Equinox (associate producer)
 
Show ShowThanks (5 titles)
2004 The Force Is with Them: The Legacy of 'Star Wars' (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
2004 Empire of Dreams: The Story of the 'Star Wars' Trilogy (TV documentary) (special thanks)
 
2003 Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy (video documentary) (special thanks)
 
2001 From Morf to Morphing: The Dawn of Digital Filmmaking (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
1999 Hollywood Stuntmakers (TV series) (special thanks - 2 episodes)
– Episode #1.0 (1999) (special thanks)
– King Kong und andere Kuscheltiere (1999) (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (52 titles)
2012 Beast Wishes (documentary) (post-production)
Himself
 
2010 Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters (video documentary)
Himself
 
2009 Bob Burns' Hollywood Halloween (video documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Nexus Generation: Fans & Filmmakers (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2007 Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner (video documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001 (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2007 Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001 (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2007 The Pixar Story (documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2006 Dennis Muren Interview (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2006 The Sci-Fi Boys (documentary)
Himself
 
2005 'War of the Worlds': Production Diaries, East Coast - Exile (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2005 Steven Spielberg and the Original 'War of the Worlds' (video short)
Himself
 
2005 'War of the Worlds': Production Diaries, West Coast - War (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2005 'War of the Worlds': Production Diaries, East Coast - Beginning (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2005 Designing the Enemy: Tripods and Aliens (video short)
Himself
 
2005 'Star Wars': Feel the Force (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection (video documentary)
 
2004 Empire of Dreams: The Story of the 'Star Wars' Trilogy (TV documentary)
Himself - Visual Effects
 
2003 The Light and Magic of 'Indiana Jones' (video documentary short)
Himself (also archive footage)
 
2003 No Fate But What We Make: 'Terminator 2' and the Rise of Digital Effects (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2003 The Making of 'Hulk' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2002 Special Visual Effects and Animation: ILM (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2002 Live at the Shrine! John Williams and the World Premiere of 'E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial': The 20th Anniversary (video)
 
2001 From Morf to Morphing: The Dawn of Digital Filmmaking (video documentary short)
Himself - Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
 
2001 R2-D2: Beneath the Dome (TV special short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2001 The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' (video documentary)
Himself
 
2001 The Beginning: Making 'Episode I' (video documentary)
Himself
 
2001 Beyond Jurassic Park (video)
Himself - Full Motion Dinosaurs
 
1999 Ray Harryhausen: Working with Dinosaurs (TV special)
Himself
 
1999 From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1999 The Story of Computer Graphics (documentary)
 
1998 The Harryhausen Chronicles (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1997 The Making of 'Lost World' (video documentary)
Himself
 
1996 Special Effects: Anything Can Happen (documentary short)
Himself
 
1996 The Making of 'E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial' (video documentary)
Himself
 
1994-1996 Movie Magic (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Ghost Effects: Ghost Stories (1996) … Himself
– Digital Effects: Digital Dawn (1994) … Himself
 
1995 The Making of 'Jurassic Park' (video documentary)
Himself
 
1994 The 66th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Visual Effects
 
1992 The 64th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Visual Effects
 
1992 Computerbilleder - udfordring til virkeligheden (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1991 The Making of 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day' (TV documentary short)
Himself
 
1990 The 62nd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Visual Effects
 
1988 Willow: The Making of an Adventure (TV documentary)
Himself - Visual Effects
 
1985 The 57th Annual Academy Awards (TV special documentary)
Himself - Winner: Best Visual Effects
 
1984 The 56th Annual Academy Awards (TV special documentary)
Himself - Winner: Best Visual Effects
 
1983 From 'Star Wars' to 'Jedi': The Making of a Saga (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1983 Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1983 The 55th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Visual Effects
 
1981 The 53rd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Visual Effects
 
1980 SPFX: The Empire Strikes Back (TV documentary)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (2 titles)
2002 From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II' (video documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1989 Troldspejlet (TV series)
 
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Personal Quote:

[on negative reaction of preliminary effects in The Hulk commercials, having worked so hard, and the movie not even completed] "Yeah, you try to not even pay attention to it, because you can't let it stop you or anything like that. What can you do? It's already what it is." See more »

Trivia:

His parents, Elmer Ernest Muren and Charline Louise Muren, gave him his first camera, a $10 Keystone eight-millimeter, when he was 10. He practiced making movies with his friend Rick Baker. See more »

Trademark:

State-of-the-Art Oscar-winning special visual effects work combining motion-controlled live-action footage with CGI ( Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope, The Abyss, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Jurassic Park, & Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace). See more »

Star Sign:

Scorpio