Richard Edlund
Visual Effects
Born 1940-12-06
Fargo, North Dakota, USA
55 credits
Academy Awards 3
John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation 1
Sitges Film Festival best special effects award 1
Awards
Won 3 Academy Awards
Academy Awards 3 won · 5 nominated
- 1993 Best Visual Effects Nominated Alien 3
- 1989 Best Visual Effects Nominated Die Hard
- 1987 Best Visual Effects Nominated Poltergeist II: The Other Side
- 1985 Best Visual Effects Nominated 2010: The Year We Make Contact, Ghostbusters
- 1984 Special Achievement Academy Award Won
- 1983 Best Visual Effects Nominated Poltergeist
- 1982 Best Visual Effects Won Raiders of the Lost Ark
- 1978 Best Visual Effects Won Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope
John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation 1 won
- 2007 John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation Won
Sitges Film Festival best special effects award 1 won
- 1995 Sitges Film Festival best special effects award Won Species
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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.
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Filmography
Acting
51 credits
Star Wars
Die Hard
The Empire Strikes Back
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Oscars
Return of the Jedi
Alien³
Ghost
Ghostbusters
21 Jump Street
Air Force One
Masters of the Universe
Species
Big Trouble in Little China
Fright Night
Poltergeist
LIGHT & MAGIC
Bedazzled
Charlie Wilson's War
Barely Lethal
The Stepford Wives
The Monster Squad
The China Syndrome
Legal Eagles
Bullet to the Head
Big Top Pee-wee
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
Vibes
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Solarbabies
Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
Leonard Part 6
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
Star Wars: Greatest Moments
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault
Power of Grayskull: The Definitive History of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic
Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story
2010 : The Odyssey Continues
Rubberhead: The Life & Monsters of Steve Johnson
Toy Masters
Star Trek: The Journey to the Silver Screen
The Lost Legacy of Tony Gaudio
King Kong 60th Anniversary Special: "It was beauty killed the beast."
The Creep Behind the Camera
Restoring a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Producing
3 credits
Other credits
1 credit
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