Richard Edlund
Visual Effects
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.
Filmography
Rubberhead: The Life & Monsters of Steve Johnson
2026 · Movie
The Lost Legacy of Tony Gaudio
2024 · Movie
LIGHT & MAGIC
2022 · Series
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
2020 · Movie
Power of Grayskull: The Definitive History of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
2017 · Movie
Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault
2016 · Movie
Star Trek: The Journey to the Silver Screen
2016 · Series
Star Trek: The Journey to the Silver Screen
2016 · Movie
Star Wars: Greatest Moments
2015 · Movie
Barely Lethal
2015 · Movie
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014 · Movie
Toy Masters
2014 · Movie
The Creep Behind the Camera
2014 · Movie
Bullet to the Head
2012 · Movie
21 Jump Street
2012 · Movie
Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible
2010 · Movie
Charlie Wilson's War
2007 · Movie
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
2007 · Movie
Fantastic Voyage: "Making Of"
2005 · Movie
Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
2005 · Movie
Restoring a Legend: Gone with the Wind
2004 · Movie
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
2004 · Movie
The Stepford Wives
2004 · Movie
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
2003 · Movie
Bedazzled
2000 · Movie
The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story
1999 · Movie
Air Force One
1997 · Movie
Species
1995 · Movie
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
1995 · Movie
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
1994 · Movie
Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic
1993 · Movie
King Kong 60th Anniversary Special: "It was beauty killed the beast."
1992 · Movie
Solar Crisis
1992 · Movie
Alien³
1992 · Movie
The Making of 'Alien³'
1992 · Movie
Ghost
1990 · Movie
Vibes
1988 · Movie
Big Top Pee-wee
1988 · Movie
Die Hard
1988 · Movie
Leonard Part 6
1987 · Movie
The Monster Squad
1987 · Movie
Masters of the Universe
1987 · Movie
Solarbabies
1986 · Movie
Legal Eagles
1986 · Movie
Big Trouble in Little China
1986 · Movie
Fright Night
1985 · Movie
Ghostbusters
1984 · Movie
2010 : The Odyssey Continues
1984 · Movie
Return of the Jedi
1983 · Movie
Poltergeist
1982 · Movie
Raiders of the Lost Ark
1981 · Movie
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
1980 · Movie
The Empire Strikes Back
1980 · Movie
The China Syndrome
1979 · Movie
Star Wars
1977 · Movie
The Oscars
1953 · Series