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
1968
Blade Runner
1982
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1977
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
1979
The Real History of Science Fiction
2014
The Tree of Life
2011
The Starlost
1973
Candy
1968
The Andromeda Strain
1971
Silent Running
1972
The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot
2019
Stanley Kubrick - Ein Leben für den Film
2001

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
24
Directing
8
Writing
1
Producing
4
Visual Effects
9
Crew
1
2025
The Alien Perspective
2022
Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey
2022
In Search of Tomorrow
as Self - Interviewee
2021
The Blade Runner Phenomenon
as Self - Visual Effects Supervisor (1982)
2020
Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind
as Self
2018
Chesley Bonestell: A Brush with the Future
as Self
2018
Trumbull Land
as Self
2014
The Real History of Science Fiction
as Self
2013
Jodorowsky's Dune
as Self - V/FX Artist (archive footage)
2011
Exploring 'The Tree of Life'
as Self
2007
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
as Self
2007
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
as Self
2007
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
as Self
2007
2001: FX and Early Conceptual Artwork
2003
The Andromeda Strain: Making the Film
as Self
2002
Douglas Trumbull: Then and Now
as Self
2002
'Silent Running' By Director Douglas Trumbull
as Self
2001
2001: The Making of a Myth
as Self (as Doug Trumbull)
2001
The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
as Self
2001
Stanley Kubrick - Ein Leben für den Film
as Self
2001
2001 and Beyond
as Self
2000
On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'
as Self
1979
Since '45
as Self - In new expanded version
1972
The Making of Silent Running
as Self