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."
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Filmography
Cast Credits
A Celebration of Tenacity
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2024
Lost to Time: Unearthing the Primevals
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2024
LIGHT & MAGIC
Character: Self - Camera Department
TV • 2022
LIGHT & MAGIC
Character: Self - Visual Effects Supervisor
TV • 2022
In Search of Tomorrow
Character: Self - Interviewee
MOVIE • 2022
Empire at 40
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2020
Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2019
T2: Reprogramming The Terminator
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2017
Spielberg
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2017
Finding Harryhausen with Dennis Muren
Character: Himself
MOVIE • 2017
Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2015
From Morf to Morphing: The Dawn of Digital Filmmaking
Character: Self - Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
MOVIE • 2013
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2012
Side by Side
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2012
Return to Jurassic Park
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2011
Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2010
Visual Effects: The Thief of Bagdad
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2008
Nexus Generation: Fans & Filmmakers
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2007
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2007
The Pixar Story
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2007
Crew
Crew Credits
A Celebration of Tenacity
Role: Thanks
MOVIE • 2024
Lost to Time: Unearthing the Primevals
Role: Thanks
MOVIE • 2024
Mad God
Role: Associate Producer
MOVIE • 2021
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Role: Creative Consultant
MOVIE • 2015
Super 8
Role: Visual Effects Supervisor
MOVIE • 2011
War of the Worlds
Role: Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
MOVIE • 2005
Hulk
Role: Visual Effects Supervisor
MOVIE • 2003
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Role: Visual Effects Supervisor
MOVIE • 2002
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Role: Visual Effects Supervisor
MOVIE • 2001
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Role: Visual Effects Supervisor
MOVIE • 1999
Deconstructing Harry
Role: Creative Consultant
MOVIE • 1997
Jurassic Park
Role: Visual Effects Supervisor
MOVIE • 1993
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Role: Visual Effects Supervisor
MOVIE • 1991
The Abyss
Role: Visual Effects Supervisor
MOVIE • 1989
Ghostbusters II
Role: Visual Effects Supervisor
MOVIE • 1989
Innerspace
Role: Visual Effects Supervisor
MOVIE • 1987
Young Sherlock Holmes
Role: Visual Effects Supervisor
MOVIE • 1985
The Ewok Adventure
Role: Special Effects
MOVIE • 1984
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Role: Visual Effects Supervisor
MOVIE • 1984
Return of the Jedi
Role: Visual Effects Supervisor
MOVIE • 1983