Biography
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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.
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Filmography
Cast Credits
The Alien Perspective
Character:
MOVIE • 2025
Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey
Character:
MOVIE • 2022
In Search of Tomorrow
Character: Self - Interviewee
MOVIE • 2022
The Blade Runner Phenomenon
Character: Self - Visual Effects Supervisor (1982)
MOVIE • 2021
Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2020
Trumbull Land
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2018
Chesley Bonestell: A Brush with the Future
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2018
The Real History of Science Fiction
Character: Self
TV • 2014
Jodorowsky's Dune
Character: Self - V/FX Artist (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2013
Exploring 'The Tree of Life'
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2011
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2007
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2007
2001: FX and Early Conceptual Artwork
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2007
The Andromeda Strain: Making the Film
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2003
Douglas Trumbull: Then and Now
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2002
'Silent Running' By Director Douglas Trumbull
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2002
The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2001
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2001
2001: The Making of a Myth
Character: Self (as Doug Trumbull)
MOVIE • 2001
2001 and Beyond
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2001
Crew
Crew Credits
The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot
Role: Executive Producer
MOVIE • 2019
UFOTOG
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2014
UFOTOG
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2014
C 299,792 km/s
Role: Thanks
MOVIE • 2013
The Tree of Life
Role: Visual Effects
MOVIE • 2011
In Search of the Obelisk
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1993
Back to the Future: The Ride
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1991
Brainstorm
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1983
Brainstorm
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 1983
New Magic
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1983
Blade Runner
Role: Visual Effects
MOVIE • 1982
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Role: Visual Effects
MOVIE • 1979
Night of Dreams
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1978
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Role: Visual Effects Director
MOVIE • 1977
The Starlost
Role: Executive Producer
TV • 1973
Silent Running
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1972
Silent Running
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 1972
The Andromeda Strain
Role: Visual Effects
MOVIE • 1971
Candy
Role: Visual Effects
MOVIE • 1968
2001: A Space Odyssey
Role: Visual Effects
MOVIE • 1968