Person
Douglas Trumbull
Visual Effects · 1942–2022 · Los Angeles, California, USA
Biography
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.
Known for
2001: A Space Odyssey
Visual Effects
Blade Runner
Visual Effects
Candy
Visual Effects
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Visual Effects Supervisor
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Visual Effects
The Tree of Life
Visual Effects
The Starlost
Executive Producer
The Real History of Science Fiction
Self
The Andromeda Strain
Visual Effects
Brainstorm
Director
Filmography
- 2025The Alien Perspective
- 2022Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey
- 2022In Search of TomorrowSelf - Interviewee
- 2021The Blade Runner PhenomenonSelf - Visual Effects Supervisor (1982)
- 2020Natalie Wood: What Remains BehindSelf
- 2019The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the BigfootExecutive Producer
- 2018Trumbull LandSelf
- 2018Chesley Bonestell: A Brush with the FutureSelf
- 2014UFOTOGDirector
- 2014The Real History of Science FictionSelf
- 2013Jodorowsky's DuneSelf - V/FX Artist (archive footage)
- 2013C 299,792 km/sThanks
- 2011Exploring 'The Tree of Life'Self
- 2011The Tree of LifeVisual Effects
- 2007Dangerous Days: Making Blade RunnerSelf
- 2007Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001Self
- 2007Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001Self
- 20072001: FX and Early Conceptual Artwork
- 2003The Andromeda Strain: Making the FilmSelf
- 2002Douglas Trumbull: Then and NowSelf
- 2002'Silent Running' By Director Douglas TrumbullSelf
- 2001The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'Self
- 2001Stanley Kubrick: A Life in PicturesSelf
- 20012001: The Making of a MythSelf (as Doug Trumbull)
- 20012001 and BeyondSelf
- 2000On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'Self
- 1993In Search of the ObeliskDirector
- 1992Back to the Future... The RideDirector
- 1983BrainstormDirector
- 1983New MagicDirector
- 1982Blade RunnerVisual Effects
- 1979Star Trek: The Motion PictureVisual Effects
- 1979Since '45Self - In new expanded version
- 1978Night of DreamsDirector
- 1977Close Encounters of the Third KindVisual Effects Supervisor
- 1973The StarlostExecutive Producer
- 1972Silent RunningDirector
- 1972The Making of Silent RunningSelf
- 1971The Andromeda StrainVisual Effects
- 1968CandyVisual Effects
- 19682001: A Space OdysseyVisual Effects
- 1964To the Moon and BeyondVisual Effects
- —To Dream Of RosesDirector
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