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Dennis Muren
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."
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Shrinkage: The Making of Innerspace
Lost to Time: Unearthing the Primevals
A Celebration of Tenacity
In Search of Tomorrow
Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters
Finding Harryhausen with Dennis Muren
Spielberg
T2: Reprogramming The Terminator
Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
Side by Side
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
Return to Jurassic Park
Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible
Visual Effects: The Thief of Bagdad
Nexus Generation: Fans & Filmmakers
The Pixar Story
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
The Sci-Fi Boys
Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
George Lucas: Creating an Empire
Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
No Feat But What We Make: 'Terminator 2' and the Rise of Digital Effects
The Making of 'Hulk'
The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
From Morf to Morphing: The Dawn of Digital Filmmaking
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
Ray Harryhausen: Working with Dinosaurs
From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic
Crossing the Frontier: Making The Last Starfighter