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John Dykstra (I)
John Dykstra was born on June 3, 1947 in Long Beach, California, USA as John Charles Dykstra. He is known for his work on Spider-Man 2 (2004), Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) and Spider-Man (2002).
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Visual effects (34 credits)
Visual effects (34 credits)
1988
Something Is Out There
(TV Mini-Series) (special visual effects designer - 2 episodes)
- Part Two
(1988)
... (special visual effects designer)
- Part One
(1988)
... (special visual effects designer)
1987
Out on a Limb
(TV Mini-Series) (effects supervisor - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.2
(1987)
... (effects supervisor)
1979
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
(photographic effects supervisor: Apogee, Inc.) / (special photographic effects supervisor)
1978
Battlestar Galactica
(TV Series) (miniature and effects unit supervisor - 1 episode)
- Saga of a Star World
(1978)
... (miniature and effects unit supervisor)
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Producer (2 credits)
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Second Unit Director or Assistant Director (2 credits)
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Director (1 credit)
Director (1 credit)
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Special effects (1 credit)
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Thanks (6 credits)
Thanks (6 credits)
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Self (39 credits)
Self (39 credits)
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[about re-using shots on Battlestar Galactica (1978)] The problem is that when there's a hole in the dramatics, the tendency is to fill it in with some special effects. Unfortunately for them, I didn't shoot enough special effects to have spares lying around to fill in holes with. I shot all the shots I said I was going to shoot, and we got all of them in the show, but we ended up having to use ... See more »Trivia:
For Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) he designed and built the first computer-controlled motion control system. This system was dubbed the "Dykstraflex." See more »Star Sign:
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