Cast & creator
Douglas Trumbull
Best known for 2001: A Space Odyssey, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Blade Runner
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 Silent Running and Brainstorm. Description above from the Wikipedia article Douglas Trumbull licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also known as: Douglas Hunt Trumbull
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1964–2025 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (47)
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2001: A Space Odyssey
Visual Effects
19682001: A Space Odyssey
Visual Effects Supervisor
1968
Blade Runner
Visual Effects
1982
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Visual Effects Supervisor
1977
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Visual Effects
1979
The Tree of Life
Visual Effects
2011
The Starlost
Executive Producer
1973
The Real History of Science Fiction
Self
2014
Candy
Visual Effects
1968
The Andromeda Strain
Visual Effects
1971
Silent Running
Director
1972Silent Running
Producer
1972
Stanley Kubrick - Ein Leben für den Film
Self
2001
The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot
Executive Producer
2019
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
Self
2007
Brainstorm
Director
1983Brainstorm
Producer
1983
Jodorowsky's Dune
Self - V/FX Artist (archive footage)
2013
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
Self
2007
Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind
Self
2020
In Search of Tomorrow
Self - Interviewee
2022
2001: The Making of a Myth
Self (as Doug Trumbull)
2001
On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'
Self
2000
The Blade Runner Phenomenon
Self - Visual Effects Supervisor (1982)
2021Since '45
Self - In new expanded version
1979Exploring 'The Tree of Life'
Self
2011
Back to the Future: The Ride
Director
1992New Magic
Director
1983
The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
Self
2001
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
Self
2007
Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey
2022
The Making of Silent Running
Self
1972
The Andromeda Strain: Making the Film
Self
2003
Trumbull Land
Self
2018UFOTOG
Director
2014UFOTOG
Writer
2014
'Silent Running' By Director Douglas Trumbull
Self
2002
Douglas Trumbull: Then and Now
Self
2002
C 299,792 km/s
Thanks
2013
The Alien Perspective
2025
In Search of the Obelisk
Director
1993
To the Moon and Beyond
Visual Effects
1964
To Dream Of Roses
Director
2001 and Beyond
Self
2001
Chesley Bonestell: A Brush with the Future
Self
2018Night of Dreams
Director
1978