Cast & creator
Dennis Muren
Best known for Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Film '72, Raiders of the Lost Ark
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 mentor." He has been identified as "a pioneer in bringing a new wave of visual effects films to the public, opening the doors for screenwriters and directors to tell stories never before possible with a new realism through the use of his skills in cinematic arts and advanced technologies." According to Spielberg, Muren "set the example at Industrial Light & Magic for visual effects excellence with effects that add strong, appropriate emotion to a shot and fit seamlessly into a movie." Description above from the Wikipedia article Dennis Muren, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
77
film credits
2
television credits
46
1965–2026 · acting roles
6.9
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (79)
Showing 79 of 79 credits
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Visual Effects Supervisor
1991Film '72
Self
1971
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Nazi Spy on the Airplane (uncredited)
1981
War of the Worlds
Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
2005
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Creative Consultant
2015
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Visual Effects Supervisor
1984
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Visual Effects Supervisor
1999
Jurassic Park
Visual Effects Supervisor
1993
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Visual Effects Supervisor
1982
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Visual Effects Supervisor
2001
Return of the Jedi
Visual Effects Supervisor
1983
Ghostbusters II
Visual Effects Supervisor
1989
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Visual Effects Supervisor
2002
The Abyss
Visual Effects Supervisor
1989
Hulk
Visual Effects Supervisor
2003
LIGHT & MAGIC
Self
2022
Super 8
Visual Effects Supervisor
2011
Innerspace
Visual Effects Supervisor
1987
The Pixar Story
Self
2007
Young Sherlock Holmes
Visual Effects Supervisor
1985
Deconstructing Harry
Creative Consultant
1997
Dragonslayer
Visual Effects Supervisor
1981
The Ewok Adventure
Special Effects
1984
Side by Side
Self
2012
Spielberg
Self
2017
Mad God
Associate Producer
2021
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
Self
2001
Return to Jurassic Park
Self
2011
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
Self
1980SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
Additional Photography
1980
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
Self
2012
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
Self
1995
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
Self
2007
Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
Self
2005
Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
Self
2015
Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi
Self
1983
Nexus Generation: Fans & Filmmakers
Self
2007
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
Self
1994
In Search of Tomorrow
Self - Interviewee
2022
From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga
Self
1983
From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic
Self
1999
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
Self
1997
The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'
Self
1996
George Lucas: Creating an Empire
Self
2002
Willow: The Making of an Adventure
Self - Visual Effects
1988
T2: Reprogramming The Terminator
Self
2017
Bob Burns' Hollywood Haloween
Self
2011The Making of 'Hulk'
Self
2003
Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters
Self
2019
Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
Self
2006
Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible
Self
2010
The Making of 'The Lost World'
Self
1997
Lost to Time: Unearthing the Primevals
Self
2024Lost to Time: Unearthing the Primevals
Thanks
2024
The Making of 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day'
Self
1991
The Making of 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'
Self
1984
The Sci-Fi Boys
Self
2006
From Morf to Morphing: The Dawn of Digital Filmmaking
Self - Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
2001
The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
Self
2001
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
Self
2007
No Feat But What We Make: 'Terminator 2' and the Rise of Digital Effects
2003
The Harryhausen Chronicles
Self
1997
The Equinox ... A Journey into the Supernatural
Director
1967The Equinox ... A Journey into the Supernatural
Special Effects
1967The Equinox ... A Journey into the Supernatural
Producer
1967
Equinox
Associate Producer
1970Equinox
Special Effects
1970Equinox
Director
1970A Celebration of Tenacity
Self
2024A Celebration of Tenacity
Thanks
2024Visual Effects: The Thief of Bagdad
Self
2008
Ray Harryhausen: Working with Dinosaurs
Self
1999
Shrinkage: The Making of Innerspace
Self
2026
Crossing the Frontier: Making The Last Starfighter
Self
1999Finding Harryhausen with Dennis Muren
Himself
2017
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Visual Effects Supervisor
1997
Raiders of the Stone Ring
Writer
1968
Dancing Beer Bottles
Director
1965Dancing Beer Bottles
Animation
1965