
Person
Dennis Muren
Visual Effects · Born 1946-11-01 · Glendale, California, USA
Biography
Dennis Muren, A.S.C. (born November 1, 1946) is an American film visual effects artist and supervisor. He has worked on the films of George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, and James Cameron, among others, and has won nine Oscars in total: eight for Best Visual Effects and a Technical Achievement Academy Award. The Visual Effects Society has called him "a perpetual student, teacher, innovator, and mentor." He has been identified as "a pioneer in bringing a new wave of visual effects films to the public, opening the doors for screenwriters and directors to tell stories never before possible with a new realism through the use of his skills in cinematic arts and advanced technologies." According to Spielberg, Muren "set the example at Industrial Light & Magic for visual effects excellence with effects that add strong, appropriate emotion to a shot and fit seamlessly into a movie." Description above from the Wikipedia article Dennis Muren, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for

Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Visual Effects Supervisor

Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Creative Consultant
Film '72
Self

Raiders of the Lost Ark
Nazi Spy on the Airplane (uncredited)

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Visual Effects Supervisor

Return of the Jedi
Visual Effects Supervisor

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Visual Effects Supervisor

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Visual Effects Supervisor

Jurassic Park
Visual Effects Supervisor

War of the Worlds
Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
Filmography
- 2026Shrinkage: The Making of InnerspaceSelf
- 2024A Celebration of TenacitySelf
- 2024Lost to Time: Unearthing the PrimevalsSelf
- 2022LIGHT & MAGICSelf
- 2022In Search of TomorrowSelf - Interviewee
- 2021Mad GodAssociate Producer
- 2019Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and MonstersSelf
- 2017T2: Reprogramming The TerminatorSelf
- 2017SpielbergSelf
- 2017Finding Harryhausen with Dennis MurenHimself
- 2015Star Wars: The Force AwakensCreative Consultant
- 2015Creature Designers: The Frankenstein ComplexSelf
- 2012Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects TitanSelf
- 2012Side by SideSelf
- 2011Super 8Visual Effects Supervisor
- 2011Return to Jurassic ParkSelf
- 2011Bob Burns' Hollywood HaloweenSelf
- 2010Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the ImpossibleSelf
- 2008Visual Effects: The Thief of BagdadSelf
- 2007Nexus Generation: Fans & FilmmakersSelf
- 2007Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001Self
- 2007Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001Self
- 2007The Pixar StorySelf
- 2006Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden PlanetSelf
- 2006The Sci-Fi BoysSelf
- 2005War of the WorldsSenior Visual Effects Supervisor
- 2005George Lucas: Creating an EmpireSelf
- 2005Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years CollectionSelf
- 2003The Making of 'Hulk'Self
- 2003HulkVisual Effects Supervisor
- 2003No Feat But What We Make: 'Terminator 2' and the Rise of Digital Effects
- 2002Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the ClonesVisual Effects Supervisor
- 2001R2-D2: Beneath the DomeSelf
- 2001A.I. Artificial IntelligenceVisual Effects Supervisor
- 2001The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'Self
- 2001From Morf to Morphing: The Dawn of Digital FilmmakingSelf - Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
- 1999Ray Harryhausen: Working with DinosaursSelf
- 1999Crossing the Frontier: Making The Last StarfighterSelf
- 1999From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & MagicSelf
- 1999Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom MenaceVisual Effects Supervisor
- 1997Deconstructing HarryCreative Consultant
- 1997The Lost World: Jurassic ParkVisual Effects Supervisor
- 1997The Making of 'The Lost World'Self
- 1997Star Wars: The Magic & the MysterySelf
- 1997The Harryhausen ChroniclesSelf
- 1996The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'Self
- 1995The Making of 'Jurassic Park'Self
- 1994Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special EffectsSelf
- 1993Jurassic ParkVisual Effects Supervisor
- 1991The Making of 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day'Self
- 1991Terminator 2: Judgment DayVisual Effects Supervisor
- 1989The AbyssVisual Effects Supervisor
- 1989Ghostbusters IIVisual Effects Supervisor
- 1988Willow: The Making of an AdventureSelf - Visual Effects
- 1987InnerspaceVisual Effects Supervisor
- 1985Young Sherlock HolmesVisual Effects Supervisor
- 1984The Ewok AdventureSpecial Effects
- 1984The Making of 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'Self
- 1984Indiana Jones and the Temple of DoomVisual Effects Supervisor
- 1983From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a SagaSelf
- 1983Classic Creatures: Return of the JediSelf
- 1983Return of the JediVisual Effects Supervisor
- 1982E.T. the Extra-TerrestrialVisual Effects Supervisor
- 1981DragonslayerVisual Effects Supervisor
- 1981Raiders of the Lost ArkNazi Spy on the Airplane (uncredited)
- 1980SP FX: The Empire Strikes BackSelf
- 1971Film '72Self
- 1970EquinoxAssociate Producer
- 1968Raiders of the Stone RingWriter
- 1967The Equinox ... A Journey into the SupernaturalDirector
- 1965Dancing Beer BottlesDirector
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