Richard Edlund

85, from Fargo, North Dakota, USA

Biography

Richard Edlund, ASC (born December 6, 1940) is an American visual effects artist. He was a founding member of Industrial Light & Magic, 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), as well as two Special Achievement Awards, two Scientific and Technical Awards, and the Medal of Commendation. He is also a BAFTA and Emmy Award recipient.

Timeline

2026Aged 86

  • Poster for Rubberhead: The Life & Monsters of Steve Johnson

    Self

2024Aged 84

  • Poster for The Lost Legacy of Tony Gaudio

    Self

2020Aged 80

  • Poster for Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters

    Self

2017Aged 77

  • Poster for Power of Grayskull: The Definitive History of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe

    Self - Visual Effects Designer / Cinematographer

2016Aged 76

  • Poster for Star Trek: The Journey to the Silver Screen

    Self

  • Poster for Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault

    Self

2015Aged 75

  • Poster for Star Wars: Greatest Moments

    Self

  • Poster for Barely Lethal

    Visual Effects Supervisor

2014Aged 74

  • Poster for The Creep Behind the Camera

    Himself

  • Poster for Toy Masters

    Self

  • Poster for Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

    Self - Visual Effects Supervisor

2012Aged 72

  • Poster for 21 Jump Street

    Visual Effects Supervisor

  • Poster for Bullet to the Head

    Visual Effects Supervisor

2010Aged 70

  • Poster for Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible

    Self

2007Aged 67

  • Poster for Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001

    Self

  • Poster for Charlie Wilson's War

    Visual Effects Supervisor

2005Aged 65

2004Aged 64

  • Poster for Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy

    Self

  • Poster for Restoring a Legend: Gone with the Wind

    Self

  • Poster for The Stepford Wives

    Visual Effects Design Consultant

2003Aged 63

  • Poster for Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'

    Self (archive footage)

2000Aged 60

  • Poster for Bedazzled

    Visual Effects Supervisor

1999Aged 59

  • Poster for The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story

    Himself

1997Aged 57

  • Poster for Air Force One

    Visual Effects Supervisor

1995Aged 55

  • Poster for Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight

    Producer

  • Poster for Species

    Visual Effects Supervisor

1994Aged 54

  • Poster for Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects

    Self

1993Aged 53

  • Poster for Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic

    Self - Special Effects Director

1992Aged 52

  • Poster for The Making of 'Alien³'

    Self

  • Poster for King Kong 60th Anniversary Special:

    Self

  • Poster for Alien³

    Visual Effects Producer

  • Poster for Solar Crisis

    Producer

1990Aged 50

  • Poster for Ghost

    Visual Effects Supervisor

1988Aged 48

  • Poster for Die Hard

    Visual Effects Producer

  • Poster for Big Top Pee-wee

    Visual Effects Producer

  • Poster for Vibes

    Visual Effects Producer

1987Aged 47

  • Poster for Masters of the Universe

    Visual Effects Supervisor

  • Poster for The Monster Squad

    Visual Effects Supervisor

  • Poster for Leonard Part 6

    Visual Effects Producer

1986Aged 46

  • Poster for Big Trouble in Little China

    Visual Effects Producer

  • Poster for Legal Eagles

    Visual Effects Supervisor

  • Poster for Solarbabies

    Visual Effects Producer

1985Aged 45

  • Poster for Fright Night

    Visual Effects Producer

1984Aged 44

  • Poster for 2010 : The Odyssey Continues

    Himself

  • Poster for Ghostbusters

    Visual Effects

1983Aged 43

  • Poster for Return of the Jedi

    Visual Effects

1982Aged 42

  • Poster for Poltergeist

    Visual Effects Supervisor

1981Aged 41

  • Poster for Raiders of the Lost Ark

    Visual Effects Supervisor

1980Aged 40

  • Poster for SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back

    Self

  • Poster for The Empire Strikes Back

    Visual Effects

1979Aged 39

  • Poster for The China Syndrome

    Visual Effects Camera

1977Aged 37

  • Poster for Star Wars

    Visual Effects