Person
Douglas Trumbull
Visual Effects · 1942–2022 · Los Angeles, California, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Douglas Huntley Trumbull (April 8, 1942, Los Angeles- 7th February 2022 ) is an American film director, special effects supervisor, and inventor. He contributed to, or was responsible for, the special photographic effects of 2001: A Space Odyssey, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Star Trek: The Motion Picture and Blade Runner, and directed the movies Silent Running and Brainstorm. Description above from the Wikipedia article Douglas Trumbull licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
2001: A Space Odyssey
Visual Effects
Blade Runner
Visual Effects
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Visual Effects Supervisor
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Visual Effects
Candy
Visual Effects
The Tree of Life
Visual Effects
Brainstorm
Director
The Starlost
Executive Producer
The Andromeda Strain
Visual Effects
The Real History of Science Fiction
Self
Filmography
- 2025The Alien Perspective
- 2022Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey
- 2022In Search of TomorrowSelf - Interviewee
- 2021The Blade Runner PhenomenonSelf - Visual Effects Supervisor (1982)
- 2020Natalie Wood: What Remains BehindSelf
- 2019The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the BigfootExecutive Producer
- 2018Trumbull LandSelf
- 2018Chesley Bonestell: A Brush with the FutureSelf
- 2014UFOTOGDirector
- 2014The Real History of Science FictionSelf
- 2013Jodorowsky's DuneSelf - V/FX Artist (archive footage)
- 2013C 299,792 km/sThanks
- 2011Exploring 'The Tree of Life'Self
- 2011The Tree of LifeVisual Effects
- 2007Dangerous Days: Making Blade RunnerSelf
- 2007Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001Self
- 20072001: FX and Early Conceptual ArtworkSelf
- 2007Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001Self
- 2003The Andromeda Strain: Making the FilmSelf
- 2002Douglas Trumbull: Then and NowSelf
- 2002'Silent Running' By Director Douglas TrumbullSelf
- 2001The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'Self
- 2001Stanley Kubrick: A Life in PicturesSelf
- 20012001: The Making of a MythSelf (as Doug Trumbull)
- 20012001 and BeyondSelf
- 2000On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'Self
- 1993In Search of the ObeliskDirector
- 1992Back to the Future... The RideDirector
- 1983BrainstormDirector
- 1983New MagicDirector
- 1982Blade RunnerVisual Effects
- 1979Star Trek: The Motion PictureVisual Effects
- 1979Since '45Self - In new expanded version
- 1978Night of DreamsDirector
- 1977Close Encounters of the Third KindVisual Effects Supervisor
- 1973The StarlostExecutive Producer
- 1972Silent RunningDirector
- 1972The Making of Silent RunningSelf
- 1971The Andromeda StrainVisual Effects
- 1968CandyVisual Effects
- 19682001: A Space OdysseyVisual Effects
- 1964To the Moon and BeyondVisual Effects
- —To Dream Of RosesDirector
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