Innovative special effects wizard Richard Edlund was a key member of Industrial Light & Magic for George Lucas, a company that has become a Hollywood powerhouse of cutting-edge movie technology. A native of Fargo, North Dakota, he loved taking photographs as a child. While serving in the U.S. Navy, Edlund studied photography and camera repair at the U.S. Naval Photographic school. He was stationed in Japan when he became fascinated by cinema, and after his discharge, Edlund began studying film at the University of Southern California. He then spent a few years dabbling in experimental films and working for a small visual effects company. Edlund got his big break in the mid-'70s when John Dykstra hired him to be the first cameraman on the special-effects unit of a new sci-fi epic, Star Wars. For his work he received a shared Oscar. He went on to receive the same honor several more times while working on the rest of the "Star War's Trilogy" and on other George Lucas films. In 1983, Edlund founded the Boss Film Corp. and went on to work on such major films as Ghostbusters (1983), Big Top PeeWee, Die Hard (both 1988), Ghost (1990), and Alien 3 (1992). Edlund has won two special Academy Awards in Scientific/Engineering for his technical innovations that include the development of the Empire Motion Picture Camera System.
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21 Jump Street
Visual Effects Supervisor |
2012 | |||
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Anamorph
Visual Effects Supervisor |
2007 | |||
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Charlie Wilson's War
Visual Effects Supervisor |
2007 | |||
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Cinematographer Style
Participant |
2006 | |||
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Angels in America
Visual Effects Supervisor |
2003 | |||
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Bedazzled
Visual Effects Supervisor |
2000 | |||
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Air Force One
Visual Effects Supervisor |
1997 | |||
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Multiplicity
Special Effects Supervisor |
1996 | |||
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Species
Supervisor/Manager, Visual Effects Supervisor |
1995 | |||
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Demon Knight
Producer |
1994 | |||
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Alien ³
Special Effects |
1992 | |||
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Ghost
Special Effects |
1990 | |||
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Solar Crisis
Producer |
1990 | |||
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Big Top Pee-Wee
Special Effects, Visual Effects Producer |
1988 | |||
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Die Hard
Special Effects |
1988 | |||
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Vibes
Special Effects |
1988 | |||
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Date with an Angel
Special Effects |
1987 | |||
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Leonard, Part 6
Special Effects |
1987 | |||
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Masters of the Universe
Special Effects |
1987 | |||
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The Monster Squad
Visual Effects Producer |
1987 | |||
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Big Trouble in Little China
Special Effects |
1986 | |||
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Poltergeist II: The Other Side
Special Effects |
1986 | |||
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Solarbabies
Special Effects |
1986 | |||
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The Boy Who Could Fly
Special Effects |
1986 | |||
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Fright Night
Special Effects |
1985 | |||
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2010
Special Effects Supervisor |
1984 | |||
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Ghostbusters
Special Effects |
1984 | |||
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Return of the Jedi
Special Effects |
1983 | |||
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Poltergeist
Special Effects Supervisor |
1982 | |||
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Raiders of the Lost Ark
Special Effects |
1981 | |||
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The Empire Strikes Back
Special Effects |
1980 | |||
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Star Wars
Special Effects |
1977 |