Richard Edlund
Known for
Visual Effects
Born
December 6, 1940 (age 85)
Birthplace
Fargo, North Dakota, USA
Biography
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.
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Best known work
Star Wars
1977
The Empire Strikes Back
1980
Return of the Jedi
1983
Raiders of the Lost Ark
1981
Die Hard
1988
21 Jump Street
2012
Ghostbusters
1984
Alien³
1992
Ghost
1990
Big Trouble in Little China
1986Filmography
2026
2024
2022
2020
2017
Power of Grayskull: The Definitive History of He-Man and the Masters of the Universeas Self - Visual Effects Designer / Cinematographer
2016
2016
2016
2015
Star Wars: Greatest Momentsas Self
2015
Barely LethalVisual Effects Supervisor
2014
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Filmsas Self - Visual Effects Supervisor
2014
Toy Mastersas Self
2014
The Creep Behind the Cameraas Himself
2012
Bullet to the HeadVisual Effects Supervisor
2012
21 Jump StreetVisual Effects Supervisor
2010
2007
Charlie Wilson's WarVisual Effects Supervisor
2007
2005
2004
Restoring a Legend: Gone with the Windas Himself
2004
2004
The Stepford WivesVisual Effects Design Consultant
2003
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'as Self (archive footage)
2000
BedazzledVisual Effects Supervisor
1999