
Richard Edlund
Visual Effects
Born 1940-12-06 · 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.
Known for

2010 : The Odyssey Continues
1984 · Movie

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014 · Movie

Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
1994 · Movie

Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
2004 · Movie

SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
1980 · Movie

Star Wars: Greatest Moments
2015 · Movie

Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
2005 · Movie

Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
2003 · Movie

Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
2020 · Movie

The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story
1999 · Movie

Restoring a Legend: Gone with the Wind
2004 · Movie

Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault
2016 · Movie

Power of Grayskull: The Definitive History of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
2017 · Movie

Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic
1993 · Movie

King Kong 60th Anniversary Special: "It was beauty killed the beast."
1992 · Movie

Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible
2010 · Movie

The Lost Legacy of Tony Gaudio
2024 · Movie

Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
2007 · Movie

Toy Masters
2014 · Movie

The Creep Behind the Camera
2014 · Movie

Star Trek: The Journey to the Silver Screen
2016 · Movie