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
1991
Film '72
1983
Raiders of the Lost Ark
1981
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2015
War of the Worlds
2005
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
1984
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1999
Jurassic Park
1993
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1982
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
2001
Return of the Jedi
1983
The Abyss
1989

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
46
Directing
3
Writing
1
Producing
3
Camera
1
Visual Effects
18
Crew
7
2026
Shrinkage: The Making of Innerspace
as Self
2024
Lost to Time: Unearthing the Primevals
as Self
2024
A Celebration of Tenacity
as Self
2022
In Search of Tomorrow
as Self - Interviewee
2022
LIGHT & MAGIC
as Self
2019
Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters
as Self
2017
Finding Harryhausen with Dennis Muren
as Himself
2017
Spielberg
as Self
2017
T2: Reprogramming The Terminator
as Self
2015
Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
as Self
2012
Side by Side
as Self
2012
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
as Self
2011
Return to Jurassic Park
as Self
2011
Bob Burns' Hollywood Haloween
as Self
2010
Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible
as Self
2008
Visual Effects: The Thief of Bagdad
as Self
2007
Nexus Generation: Fans & Filmmakers
as Self
2007
The Pixar Story
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
2006
The Sci-Fi Boys
as Self
2006
Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
as Self
2005
Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
as Self
2003
No Feat But What We Make: 'Terminator 2' and the Rise of Digital Effects
2003
The Making of 'Hulk'
as Self
2002
George Lucas: Creating an Empire
as Self
2001
The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
as Self
2001
From Morf to Morphing: The Dawn of Digital Filmmaking
as Self - Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
2001
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
as Self
1999
Ray Harryhausen: Working with Dinosaurs
as Self
1999
From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic
as Self
1999
Crossing the Frontier: Making The Last Starfighter
as Self
1997
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
as Self
1997
The Harryhausen Chronicles
as Self
1997
The Making of 'The Lost World'
as Self
1996
The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'
as Self
1995
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
as Self
1994
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
as Self
1991
The Making of 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day'
as Self
1988
Willow: The Making of an Adventure
as Self - Visual Effects
1984
The Making of 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'
as Self
1983
Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi
as Self
1983
From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga
as Self
1983
Film '72
as Self
1981
Raiders of the Lost Ark
as Nazi Spy on the Airplane (uncredited)
1980
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
as Self