Douglas Trumbull

Known for visual effects · Born 8 April 1942 · Died 7 February 2022 · aged 79 · Los Angeles, California, USA

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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

Silent Running

1972

Brainstorm

1983

The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot

2019

Trumbull Land

2018

Blade Runner

1982

2001: A Space Odyssey

1968

Back to the Future: The Ride

1992

The Andromeda Strain: Making the Film

2003

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

1977

Chesley Bonestell: A Brush with the Future

2018

UFOTOG

2014

New Magic

1983

Acting (24)

2025The Alien PerspectiveFilm

2022In Search of TomorrowSelf - IntervieweeFilm

2022Splice Here: A Projected OdysseyFilm

2021The Blade Runner PhenomenonSelf - Visual Effects Supervisor (1982)Film

2020Natalie Wood: What Remains BehindSelfFilm

2018Trumbull LandSelfFilm

2018Chesley Bonestell: A Brush with the FutureSelfFilm

2014The Real History of Science FictionSelf · 3 episodesSeries

2013Jodorowsky's DuneSelf - V/FX Artist (archive footage)Film

2011Exploring 'The Tree of Life'SelfFilm

2007Dangerous Days: Making Blade RunnerSelfFilm

2007Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001SelfFilm

2007Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001SelfFilm

20072001: FX and Early Conceptual ArtworkFilm

2003The Andromeda Strain: Making the FilmSelfFilm

2002Douglas Trumbull: Then and NowSelfFilm

2002'Silent Running' By Director Douglas TrumbullSelfFilm

2001Stanley Kubrick - Ein Leben für den FilmSelfFilm

20012001: The Making of a MythSelf (as Doug Trumbull)Film

2001The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'SelfFilm

20012001 and BeyondSelfFilm

2000On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'SelfFilm

1979Since '45Self - In new expanded versionFilm

1972The Making of Silent RunningSelfFilm

Crew (1)

2013C 299,792 km/sThanksFilm

Directing (8)

2014UFOTOGDirector, WriterFilm

1993In Search of the ObeliskDirectorFilm

1992Back to the Future: The RideDirectorFilm

1983BrainstormDirector, ProducerFilm

1983New MagicDirectorFilm

1978Night of DreamsDirectorFilm

1972Silent RunningDirector, ProducerFilm

—To Dream Of RosesDirectorFilm

Production (2)

2019The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the BigfootExecutive ProducerFilm

1973The StarlostExecutive ProducerSeries

Visual Effects (8)

2011The Tree of LifeVisual EffectsFilm

1982Blade RunnerVisual EffectsFilm

1979Star Trek: The Motion PictureVisual EffectsFilm

1977Close Encounters of the Third KindVisual Effects SupervisorFilm

1971The Andromeda StrainVisual EffectsFilm

19682001: A Space OdysseyVisual Effects, Visual Effects SupervisorFilm

1968CandyVisual EffectsFilm

1964To the Moon and BeyondVisual EffectsFilm