Actor
Richard Edlund
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 Awa ...

Known For
Acting
2024 -- The Lost Legacy of Tony Gaudio | Self
2020 -- Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters | Self
2017 -- Power of Grayskull: The Definitive History of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe | Self - Visual Effects Designer / Cinematographer
2016 -- Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault | Self
2016 -- Star Trek: The Journey to the Silver Screen | Self
2015 -- Star Wars: Greatest Moments | Self
2014 -- Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films | Self - Visual Effects Supervisor
2014 -- The Creep Behind the Camera | Himself
2010 -- Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible | Self
2007 -- Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001 | Self
2004 -- Restoring a Legend: Gone with the Wind | Himself
2004 -- Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy | Self
2003 -- Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³' | Self (archive footage)
1999 -- The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story | Himself
1994 -- Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects | Self
1993 -- Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic | Self - Special Effects Director
1992 -- King Kong 60th Anniversary Special: "It was beauty killed the beast." | Self
1984 -- 2010 : The Odyssey Continues | Himself
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