
Richard Edlund
Born:12/6/1940
Place of Birth: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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Edlund, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography

The Lost Legacy of Tony Gaudio
20247.5

Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
20206.8

Power of Grayskull: The Definitive History of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
20177.0

Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault
20165.7

Star Trek: The Journey to the Silver Screen
20162.8

Star Wars: Greatest Moments
20157.0

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
20147.2

The Creep Behind the Camera
20145.4

Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible
20106.7

Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
20076.0

Restoring a Legend: Gone with the Wind
200410.0

Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
20047.7

Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
20037.8

The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story
19997.5

Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
19940.0

Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic
19937.4

King Kong 60th Anniversary Special: "It was beauty killed the beast."
19920.0

2010 : The Odyssey Continues
19840.0