Visual Effects · Glendale, California, USA · Born November 1, 1946
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.
MovieShrinkage: The Making of Innerspace
2026
as Self
A Celebration of Tenacity
2024
as Self
MovieLost to Time: Unearthing the Primevals
2024
as Self
TVLIGHT & MAGIC
2022
as Self
MovieIn Search of Tomorrow
2022
as Self - Interviewee
MoviePhil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters
2019
as Self
MovieT2: Reprogramming The Terminator
2017
as Self
MovieSpielberg
2017
as Self
Finding Harryhausen with Dennis Muren
2017
as Himself
MovieCreature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
2015
as Self
MovieRay Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
2012
as Self
MovieSide by Side
2012
as Self
MovieReturn to Jurassic Park
2011
as Self
MovieIndustrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible
2010
as Self
Visual Effects: The Thief of Bagdad
2008
as Self
MovieNexus Generation: Fans & Filmmakers
2007
as Self
MovieVision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
2007
as Self
MovieStanding on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
2007
as Self
MovieThe Pixar Story
2007
as Self
MovieAmazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
2006
as Self
MovieThe Sci-Fi Boys
2006
as Self
MovieGeorge Lucas: Creating an Empire
2005
as Self
MovieRay Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
2005
as Self
The Making of 'Hulk'
2003
as Self
MovieNo Feat But What We Make: 'Terminator 2' and the Rise of Digital Effects
2003
MovieR2-D2: Beneath the Dome
2001
as Self
MovieThe Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
2001
as Self
MovieFrom Morf to Morphing: The Dawn of Digital Filmmaking
2001
as Self - Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
MovieRay Harryhausen: Working with Dinosaurs
1999
as Self
MovieCrossing the Frontier: Making The Last Starfighter
1999
as Self
MovieFrom Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic
1999
as Self
MovieThe Making of 'The Lost World'
1997
as Self
MovieStar Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
1997
as Self
MovieThe Harryhausen Chronicles
1997
as Self
MovieThe Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'
1996
as Self
MovieThe Making of 'Jurassic Park'
1995
as Self
MovieMasters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
1994
as Self
MovieThe Making of 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day'
1991
as Self
MovieWillow: The Making of an Adventure
1988
as Self - Visual Effects
MovieThe Making of 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'
1984
as Self
MovieFrom Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga
1983
as Self
MovieClassic Creatures: Return of the Jedi
1983
as Self
MovieRaiders of the Lost Ark
1981
as Nazi Spy on the Airplane (uncredited)
MovieSP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
1980
as Self
Film '72
1971
as Self
