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Richard Edlund
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Film & TV
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…
Known for
- Rubberhead: The Life & Monsters of Steve Johnson — Self2026
- The Lost Legacy of Tony Gaudio — Self2024
- LIGHT & MAGIC — Self2022
- LIGHT & MAGIC — Self - Visual Effects Supervisor2022
- Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters — Self2020
- Power of Grayskull: The Definitive History of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe — Self - Visual Effects Designer / Cinematographer2017
- Star Trek: The Journey to the Silver Screen — Self2016
- Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault — Self2016
- Star Trek: The Journey to the Silver Screen2016
- Star Wars: Greatest Moments — Self2015
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- Richard
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- male
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- Fargo
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- cinematographer
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- USC School of Cinematic Arts
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- Academy Award for Best Visual Effects
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