
Known for
Visual Effects
Born
June 3, 1947 (age 79)
Birthplace
Long Beach, California, USA
John Charles Dykstra, A.S.C. (/ˈdaɪkstrə/; born June 3, 1947) is an American special effects artist, a pioneer in developing computers in filmmaking and a recipient of three Academy Awards, among many other awards and prizes. He was one of the original employees of Industrial Light & Magic, the special effects and computer graphics division of Lucasfilm. He is well known as the special effects lead on the original Star Wars, helping bring the original visuals for lightsabers, space battles between X-wings and TIE fighters, and Force powers to the screen. He also led special effects on many other movies, including Batman Forever, Batman & Robin, Stuart Little, X-Men: First Class, Spider-Man a...
2022
2022
as Self
2021
2020
Visual Effects Supervisor
2019
Visual Effects Designer
2017
Visual Effects Supervisor
2017
Visual Effects Supervisor
2016
Visual Effects Designer
2014
Visual Effects Designer, Visual Effects Supervisor
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Visual Effects Designer
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Visual Effects Designer
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Visual Effects Designer, Visual Effects Supervisor
2007
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as Self
2004
Visual Effects Designer
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Visual Effects Designer
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