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Richard Edlund

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Richard Edlund
Light & Magic (Italian Subtitled)
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Richard Edlund was born on 6 December 1940 in Fargo, North Dakota, USA. He is a producer, known for Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983), Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) and Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980).
BornDecember 6, 1940
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  • Won 2 Oscars

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Richard Edlund
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Richard Edlund in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
Richard Edlund in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
Richard Edlund in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
Richard Edlund
Richard Edlund
Richard Edlund in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
George Lucas, Joe Johnston, John Dykstra, and Richard Edlund in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
Richard Edlund in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
Richard Edlund in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)

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Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, James Earl Jones, Warwick Davis, David Prowse, Billy Dee Williams, Michael Carter, and Larry Ward in Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
8.3
  • Visual Effects
  • 1983
Anthony Daniels, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, James Earl Jones, David Prowse, and Kenny Baker in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
8.6
  • Visual Effects(miniature and optical effects unit)
  • 1977
Harrison Ford, Anthony Daniels, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, James Earl Jones, David Prowse, Kenny Baker, and Peter Mayhew in Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
8.7
  • Visual Effects
  • 1980
Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, Wolf Kahler, Ronald Lacey, and Terry Richards in Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
8.4
  • Visual Effects
  • 1981

Credits

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Visual Effects

  • Barely Lethal (2015)
    Barely Lethal
  • Sylvester Stallone, Sung Kang, Jason Momoa, and Sarah Shahi in Bullet to the Head (2012)
    Bullet to the Head
  • Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill in 21 Jump Street (2012)
    21 Jump Street
  • Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, and Philip Seymour Hoffman in Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
    Charlie Wilson's War
  • Willem Dafoe in Anamorph (2007)
    Anamorph
  • Nicole Kidman in The Stepford Wives (2004)
    The Stepford Wives
  • Al Pacino and Emma Thompson in Angels in America (2003)
    Angels in America
  • Elizabeth Hurley and Brendan Fraser in Bedazzled (2000)
    Bedazzled
  • Andy Garcia and Michael Keaton in Desperate Measures (1998)
    Desperate Measures
  • Harrison Ford in Air Force One (1997)
    Air Force One
  • Turbulence (1997)
    Turbulence
  • Michael Keaton and Andie MacDowell in Multiplicity (1996)
    Multiplicity
  • Species (1995)
    Species
  • Tales from the Crypt (1989)
    Tales from the Crypt
  • Alien³ (1992)
    Alien³

Producer

  • Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight (1995)
    Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
  • Tales from the Crypt (1989)
    Tales from the Crypt
  • The Gate to the Mind's Eye (1994)
    Journey to Technopia
  • Solar Crisis (1990)
    Solar Crisis

Special Effects

  • Willem Dafoe in Anamorph (2007)
    Anamorph
    • (uncredited)
  • Solar Crisis (1990)
    Solar Crisis
    • (uncredited)
  • Walter Koenig, Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, James Doohan, DeForest Kelley, George Takei, and Nichelle Nichols in Star Trek (1966)
    Star Trek
    • (uncredited)
  • In-development projects at IMDbPro

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Season 2 Official Trailer
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Season 2 Official Trailer
Official Trailer
Trailer 1:17
Official Trailer
Power of Grayskull: The Definitive History of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
Trailer 1:57
Power of Grayskull: The Definitive History of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
Light & Magic (Italian Subtitled)
Trailer 2:12
Light & Magic (Italian Subtitled)

Personal details

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    • Richard Edlund
    • December 6, 1940
    • Fargo, North Dakota, USA
  • Other works
    Began his career working on the original Star Trek (1966) series.
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    • 3 Interviews
    • 1 Article

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    He was a key member of George Lucas' Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), a company that has become a Hollywood powerhouse of cutting-edge film technology. In 1981 he and ILM won two Scientific and Engineering Awards from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the development of the Empire motion picture camera system and a beam-splitter optical composite motion picture printer.

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