Douglas Trumbull
American film director, special effects designer (1942-2022) · United States · On the map · Directors · Died at 79
Douglas Hunt Trumbull was an American film director and visual effects supervisor, who pioneered innovative methods in special effects.
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In Search of TomorrowFilm, 20222020
Natalie Wood: What Remains BehindFilm2019
The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the BigfootFilm, Producer2014
The Real History of Science FictionSeriesUFOTOGFilm, 2014Director, Writer2013
Jodorowsky's DuneFilm2010Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of FameAward2007
2001: FX and Early Conceptual ArtworkFilm2003
The Andromeda Strain: Making the FilmFilm2001
2001 and BeyondFilm2000
On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'Film1997Time Machine AwardAward1992
Back to the Future: The RideFilm, Director1983
BrainstormFilm, Director, Producer1978Night of DreamsFilm, Director1973
The StarlostSeries, Producer1972
Silent RunningFilm, Director, Producer1942Born8 April 1942People around Douglas
Christopher Walken Douglas directed Brainstorm (1984)
Louise Fletcher Douglas directed Brainstorm (1984)
Christopher Lloyd Douglas directed Back to the Future: The Ride (2009)
Cliff Robertson Douglas directed Brainstorm (1984)
Bruce Dern Douglas directed Silent Running (1972)
Thomas F. Wilson Douglas directed Back to the Future: The Ride (2009)
Ron Rifkin Douglas produced Silent Running (1972)
Joseph Campanella Douglas directed Silent Running (1972)
Darlene Vogel Douglas directed Back to the Future: The Ride (2009)
Roy Engel Douglas produced Silent Running (1972)
Alan Fudge Douglas directed Brainstorm (1984)
Bill Morey Douglas directed Brainstorm (1984)
Jesse Vint Douglas produced Silent Running (1972)
Cliff Potts Douglas produced Silent Running (1972)
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Jodorowsky's Dune 2013
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner 2007
Stanley Kubrick - Ein Leben für den Film 2001
Silent Running 1972
Brainstorm 1983
Filmography 32
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Television 2
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He created scenes for 2001: A Space Odyssey, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Blade Runner and The Tree of Life, and directed the movies Silent Running and Brainstorm.
