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Douglas Trumbull

Producer | Director | Visual Effects

Legendary filmmaker and visual effects pioneer, Douglas Trumbull, was one of the Special Photographic Effects Supervisors for 2001: A Space Odyssey. He went on to become the Visual Effects Supervisor for such classics as Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, and Blade Runner, each of which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Visual Effects... See full bio »

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1993 In Search of the Obelisk (short) (producer)
 
1990 To Dream of Roses (executive producer)
 
1983 Brainstorm (producer)
 
1980 The Starlost: Deception (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
The Starlost (TV series) (producer - 12 episodes, 1973-1974) (executive producer - 4 episodes, 1973)
– Space Precinct (1974) (producer)
– The Beehive (1973) (producer)
– Farthing's Comet (1973) (producer)
– The Return of Oro (1973) (producer)
– The Implant People (1973) (producer)
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1972 Silent Running (producer)
 
Show ShowDirector (12 titles)
1996 Luxor Live
 
1996 Theater of Time (short)
 
1993 In Search of the Obelisk (short)
 
1991 Back to the Future... The Ride (short)
 
1989 Leonardo's Dream (short)
 
1985 Let's Go (short)
 
1985 Tour of the Universe (short)
 
1983 Brainstorm
 
1983 Big Ball (short)
 
1983 New Magic (short)
 
1978 Night of Dreams (short)
 
1972 Silent Running
 
Show ShowVisual Effects (9 titles)
2011 The Tree of Life (visual effects consultant)
 
1982 Blade Runner (special photographic effects supervisor)
 
1979 Star Trek: The Motion Picture (special photographic effects director)
 
1977 Close Encounters of the Third Kind (special photographic effects)
 
1973 The Starlost (TV series) (visual effects - 1 episode)
– Voyage of Discovery (1973) (visual effects - uncredited)
 
1972 Silent Running (special photographic effects)
 
1971 The Andromeda Strain (special photographic effects)
 
1968 Candy (opening and closing sequences)
 
1968 2001: A Space Odyssey (special photographic effects supervisor)
 
Show ShowActor (1 title)
1991 Back to the Future... The Ride (short)
IFT Scientist (uncredited)
 
Show ShowWriter (1 title)
1985 Let's Go (short)
 
1979 Star Trek: The Motion Picture (second unit director - uncredited)
 
Show ShowThanks (8 titles)
2011 Exploring 'The Tree of Life' (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
2011 Secret Access: UFOs on the Record (TV documentary) (special thanks)
 
2009 Delroy Kincaid (short) (acknowledgment)
 
2002 Douglas Trumbull: Then and Now (video short) (special thanks)
 
2002 'Silent Running': A Conversation with Bruce Dern, 'Lowell Freeman' (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
2002 'Silent Running': By Director Douglas Trumbull (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
2000 On the Edge of 'Blade Runner' (TV documentary) (acknowledgment: still photographs provided by)
 
1990 Spaced Invaders (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (23 titles)
2012 2001: The Science of Futures Past (documentary)
Himself
 
2012 Ain't It Cool with Harry Knowles (TV series)
Himself
– The Future of Cinema with Douglas Trumbull Part 2 (2012) … Himself
– The Future of Cinema with Douglas Trumbull Part 1 (2012) … Himself
 
2012 10th Annual VES Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
2011 Exploring 'The Tree of Life' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2011 Secret Access: UFOs on the Record (TV documentary)
Himself - Director & Photographic Effects Supervisor
 
2008 Miradas 2 (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode dated 8 October 2008 (2008) … Himself
 
2008 HypaSpace (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #7.1 (2008) … Himself
 
2007 Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner (video documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001 (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2007 Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001 (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2002 Douglas Trumbull: Then and Now (video short)
Himself
 
2002 'Silent Running': By Director Douglas Trumbull (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2001 Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (documentary)
Himself (as Doug Trumbull)
 
2001 2001: The Making of a Myth (TV documentary)
Himself (as Doug Trumbull)
 
2001 2001 and Beyond (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2001 The Andromeda Strain: Making the Film (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2001 The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' (video documentary)
Himself
 
2000 On the Edge of 'Blade Runner' (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1997 The Reality Trip (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1996 Cyberspace (TV series)
Himself
– Electroculture (1996) … Himself
– Through the Looking Glass (1996) … Himself
– Virtual Worlds (1996) … Himself
 
1990 Making Close Encounters (video documentary)
Himself
 
1982 The History of the SF Film (TV documentary)
Guest
 
1972 The Making of 'Silent Running' (documentary)
Himself
 
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Personal Details

Other Works:

Directed and largely wrote "Back to the Future: The Ride" for Steven Speilberg and Universal Studios Theme Parks.

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Trumbull spent a week to 10 days in the hospital after he completed his work on "Star Trek: The Motion Picture." See more »

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