Richard Edlund

Visual Effects Dec 6, 1940 (86 years old) 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 and Technical Awards, and the Medal of Commendation. He is also a recipient of the BAFTA and Emmy Awards.

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25 Acting Credits

30 Crew Credits

Richard Edlund

Acting

Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

The Oscars

LIGHT & MAGIC

LIGHT & MAGIC

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

Star Wars: Greatest Moments

Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible

Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'

Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters

SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back

The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story

Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic

The Creep Behind the Camera

Restoring a Legend: Gone with the Wind

Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001

Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault

Star Trek: The Journey to the Silver Screen

Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection

Toy Masters

Star Trek: The Journey to the Silver Screen

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

The Lost Legacy of Tony Gaudio

Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects

Crew

Star Wars

The Empire Strikes Back

Return of the Jedi

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Die Hard

21 Jump Street

Ghostbusters

Alien³

Ghost

Big Trouble in Little China

Poltergeist

Air Force One