Richard Edlund

Richard Edlund

12/6/1940 (85 years old)Fargo, North Dakota, USA

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Edlund, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography (25 titles)

Rubberhead: The Life & Monsters of Steve JohnsonMovie

Rubberhead: The Life & Monsters of Steve Johnson

Self · 2026

The Lost Legacy of Tony Gaudio7.5Movie

The Lost Legacy of Tony Gaudio

Self · 2024

LIGHT & MAGIC7.8Show

LIGHT & MAGIC

Self · 2022

Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters6.9Movie

Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters

Self · 2020

Power of Grayskull: The Definitive History of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe7.0Movie

Power of Grayskull: The Definitive History of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe

Self - Visual Effects Designer / Cinematographer · 2017

Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault5.8Movie

Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault

Self · 2016

Star Trek: The Journey to the Silver Screen1.5Show

Star Trek: The Journey to the Silver Screen

2016

Star Trek: The Journey to the Silver Screen2.8Movie

Star Trek: The Journey to the Silver Screen

Self · 2016

Star Wars: Greatest Moments7.1Movie

Star Wars: Greatest Moments

Self · 2015

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films7.2Movie

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

Self - Visual Effects Supervisor · 2014

Toy Masters5.3Movie

Toy Masters

Self · 2014

The Creep Behind the Camera5.0Movie

The Creep Behind the Camera

Himself · 2014

Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible6.7Movie

Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible

Self · 2010

Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 20016.0Movie

Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001

Self · 2007

Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection8.0Movie

Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection

Self · 2005

Restoring a Legend: Gone with the Wind8.8Movie

Restoring a Legend: Gone with the Wind

Himself · 2004

Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy7.6Movie

Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy

Self · 2004

Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'7.8Movie

Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'

Self (archive footage) · 2003

The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story7.8Movie

The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story

Himself · 1999

Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects9.0Movie

Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects

Self · 1994

Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic7.7Movie

Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic

Self - Special Effects Director · 1993

King Kong 60th Anniversary Special: "It was beauty killed the beast."8.0Movie

King Kong 60th Anniversary Special: "It was beauty killed the beast."

Self · 1992

2010 : The Odyssey Continues10.0Movie

2010 : The Odyssey Continues

Himself · 1984

SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back8.3Movie

SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back

Self · 1980

The Oscars7.0Show

The Oscars

Self · 1953