Dennis Muren

Visual Effects

Born: November 1, 1946 (age 79)
From: Glendale, California, USA

Dennis Muren, A.S.C. (born November 1, 1946) is an American film visual effects artist and supervisor. He has worked on the films of George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, and James Cameron, among others, and has won nine Oscars in total: eight for Best Visual Effects and a Technical Achievement Academy Award. The Visual Effects Society has called him "a perpetual student, teacher, innovator, and…

Filmography (46)

Shrinkage: The Making of Innerspace (2026)
Self
A Celebration of Tenacity
A Celebration of Tenacity (2024)
Self
Lost to Time: Unearthing the Primevals (2024)
Self
In Search of Tomorrow (2022)
Self - Interviewee
Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters (2019)
Self
T2: Reprogramming The Terminator (2017)
Self
Spielberg (2017)
Self
Finding Harryhausen with Dennis Muren
Finding Harryhausen with Dennis Muren (2017)
Himself
Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex (2015)
Self
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan (2012)
Self
Side by Side (2012)
Self
Return to Jurassic Park (2011)
Self
Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible (2010)
Self
Visual Effects: The Thief of Bagdad
Visual Effects: The Thief of Bagdad (2008)
Self
Nexus Generation: Fans & Filmmakers (2007)
Self
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001 (2007)
Self
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001 (2007)
Self
The Pixar Story (2007)
Self
Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet (2006)
Self
The Sci-Fi Boys (2006)
Self
George Lucas: Creating an Empire (2005)
Self
Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection (2005)
Self
The Making of 'Hulk'
The Making of 'Hulk' (2003)
Self
No Feat But What We Make: 'Terminator 2' and the Rise of Digital Effects (2003)
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome (2001)
Self
The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' (2001)
Self
From Morf to Morphing: The Dawn of Digital Filmmaking (2001)
Self - Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
Ray Harryhausen: Working with Dinosaurs (1999)
Self
Crossing the Frontier: Making The Last Starfighter (1999)
Self
From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic (1999)
Self