Douglas Trumbull

Visual Effects

Born: April 8, 1942
Died: February 7, 2022 (age 79)
From: Los Angeles, California, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Douglas Huntley Trumbull (April 8, 1942, Los Angeles- 7th February 2022 ) is an American film director, special effects supervisor, and inventor. He contributed to, or was responsible for, the special photographic effects of 2001: A Space Odyssey, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Star Trek: The Motion Picture and Blade Runner, and directed the movies…

Filmography (31)

The Alien Perspective (2025)
Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey (2022)
In Search of Tomorrow (2022)
Self - Interviewee
The Blade Runner Phenomenon (2021)
Self - Visual Effects Supervisor (1982)
Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind (2020)
Self
Trumbull Land (2018)
Self
Chesley Bonestell: A Brush with the Future (2018)
Self
UFOTOG
UFOTOG (2014)
Director
Jodorowsky's Dune (2013)
Self - V/FX Artist (archive footage)
Exploring 'The Tree of Life'
Exploring 'The Tree of Life' (2011)
Self
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner (2007)
Self
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001 (2007)
Self
2001: FX and Early Conceptual Artwork (2007)
Self
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001 (2007)
Self
The Andromeda Strain: Making the Film (2003)
Self
Douglas Trumbull: Then and Now (2002)
Self
'Silent Running' By Director Douglas Trumbull (2002)
Self
The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' (2001)
Self
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (2001)
Self
2001: The Making of a Myth (2001)
Self (as Doug Trumbull)
2001 and Beyond (2001)
Self
On the Edge of 'Blade Runner' (2000)
Self
In Search of the Obelisk (1993)
Director
Back to the Future... The Ride (1992)
Director
Brainstorm (1983)
Director
New Magic
New Magic (1983)
Director
Since '45
Since '45 (1979)
Self - In new expanded version
Night of Dreams
Night of Dreams (1978)
Director
Silent Running (1972)
Director
The Making of Silent Running (1972)
Self