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Douglas Trumbull

Douglas Trumbull

1942–2022 · 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.

Visual effects 8

Directed 5

1990s

  1. 1993

    In Search of the Obelisk

    Director

  2. 1992

    Back to the Future: The Ride

    Director

No release date

  1. To Dream Of Roses

    Director

Produced 4

Acted in 3

2020s

  1. 2025

    The Alien Perspective

    Movie

  2. 2022

    Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey

    Movie

2000s

  1. 2007

    2001: FX and Early Conceptual Artwork

    Movie

Appearances19

2020s

  1. 2022
  2. 2021

    The Blade Runner Phenomenon

    Self - Visual Effects Supervisor (1982)

  3. 2020

2010s

  1. 2018

    Trumbull Land

    Self

  2. Chesley Bonestell: A Brush with the Future

    Self

  3. 2014
  4. 2013

2000s

  1. 2007

    Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner

    Self

  2. Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001

    Self

  3. Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001

    Self

  4. 2003

    The Andromeda Strain: Making the Film

    Self

  5. 2002

    Douglas Trumbull: Then and Now

    Self

  6. 'Silent Running' By Director Douglas Trumbull

    Self

  7. 2001

    The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'

    Self

  8. 2001: The Making of a Myth

    Self (as Doug Trumbull)

  9. 2001 and Beyond

    Self

  10. 2000

    On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'

    Self

1970s

  1. 1972

    The Making of Silent Running

    Self

Thanked in the credits1

2010s

  1. 2013

    C 299,792 km/s

    Thanks