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Visual Effects

Dennis Muren

Career

Active from 1965 to 1968, with up to 1 main title a year.

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Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

  • BAFTA Awards · Best Special Visual Effects

    1994 · Won

    Jurassic Park

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Visual Effects

    1994 · Won · 66th Academy Awards

    Jurassic Park

    Source: Wikidata

  • BAFTA Awards · Best Special Visual Effects

    1992 · Won

    Terminator 2: Judgment Day

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Visual Effects

    1992 · Won · 64th Academy Awards

    Terminator 2: Judgment Day

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Visual Effects

    1990 · Won · 62nd Academy Awards

    The Abyss

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Visual Effects

    1988 · Won · 60th Academy Awards

    Innerspace

    Source: Wikidata

  • BAFTA Awards · Best Special Visual Effects

    1985 · Won

    Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Visual Effects

    1985 · Won · 57th Academy Awards

    Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

    Source: Wikidata

  • BAFTA Awards · Best Special Visual Effects

    1984 · Won

    Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Special Achievement Academy Award

    1984 · Won

    Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Visual Effects

    1983 · Won · 55th Academy Awards

    E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Technical Achievement

    1982 · Won

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Special Achievement Academy Award

    1981 · Won

    Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Visual Effects

    2006 · Nominated · 78th Academy Awards

    War of the Worlds

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Visual Effects

    2002 · Nominated · 74th Academy Awards

    A.I. Artificial Intelligence

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Visual Effects

    2000 · Nominated · 72nd Academy Awards

    Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Visual Effects

    1998 · Nominated · 70th Academy Awards

    The Lost World: Jurassic Park

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Visual Effects

    1989 · Nominated · 61st Academy Awards

    Willow

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Visual Effects

    1986 · Nominated · 58th Academy Awards

    Young Sherlock Holmes

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Visual Effects

    1982 · Nominated · 54th Academy Awards

    Dragonslayer

    Source: Wikidata

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 23 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 6.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 7.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Dennis Muren Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.8, average 5.4
  • Crime
    1.5, average 3.6
  • Social Commentary
    3.6, average 4.9
  • Class & Capitalism
    2.1, average 3.3

Main genres

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    Recurring tags

      Works often with

      People in at least two of their main titles.

        Movies and TV shows

        29
        Type
        Role
        Score
        Decade
        Genre
        Group by

        2020s

        3 titles · average score 78
        Lost to Time: Unearthing the Primevals
        Lost to Time: Unearthing the Primevals (2024)

        Thanks

        A Celebration of Tenacity
        A Celebration of Tenacity (2024)

        Thanks

        Mad God
        Mad God (2021)
        GoodWatch score 78

        Associate Producer

        2010s

        2 titles · average score 73
        Star Wars: The Force Awakens
        Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
        GoodWatch score 74

        Creative Consultant

        Super 8
        Super 8 (2011)
        GoodWatch score 71

        Visual Effects Supervisor

        2000s

        4 titles · average score 63
        War of the Worlds
        War of the Worlds (2005)
        GoodWatch score 70

        Senior Visual Effects Supervisor

        Hulk
        Hulk (2003)
        GoodWatch score 54

        Visual Effects Supervisor

        Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
        Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
        GoodWatch score 60

        Visual Effects Supervisor

        A.I. Artificial Intelligence
        A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
        GoodWatch score 68

        Visual Effects Supervisor

        1990s

        5 titles · average score 70
        Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
        Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
        GoodWatch score 57

        Visual Effects Supervisor

        Deconstructing Harry
        Deconstructing Harry (1997)
        GoodWatch score 71

        Creative Consultant

        The Lost World: Jurassic Park
        The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
        GoodWatch score 60

        Visual Effects Supervisor

        Jurassic Park
        Jurassic Park (1993)
        GoodWatch score 75

        Visual Effects Supervisor

        Terminator 2: Judgment Day
        Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
        GoodWatch score 85

        Visual Effects Supervisor

        1980s

        11 titles · average score 70
        The Abyss
        The Abyss (1989)
        GoodWatch score 72

        Visual Effects Supervisor

        Ghostbusters II
        Ghostbusters II (1989)
        GoodWatch score 61

        Visual Effects Supervisor

        Innerspace
        Innerspace (1987)
        GoodWatch score 71

        Visual Effects Supervisor

        Young Sherlock Holmes
        Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)
        GoodWatch score 67

        Visual Effects Supervisor

        Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
        Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
        GoodWatch score 71

        Visual Effects Supervisor

        The Ewok Adventure
        The Ewok Adventure (1984)
        GoodWatch score 44

        Special Effects

        Return of the Jedi
        Return of the Jedi (1983)
        GoodWatch score 70

        Visual Effects Supervisor

        E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
        E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
        GoodWatch score 85

        Visual Effects Supervisor

        Raiders of the Lost Ark
        Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
        GoodWatch score 84

        as Nazi Spy on the Airplane (uncredited)

        Dragonslayer
        Dragonslayer (1981)
        GoodWatch score 70

        Visual Effects Supervisor

        SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
        SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
        GoodWatch score 78

        Additional Photography

        1970s

        1 title · average score 38
        Equinox
        Equinox (1970)
        GoodWatch score 38

        Special Effects, Associate Producer

        1960s

        3 titles
        Raiders of the Stone Ring
        Raiders of the Stone Ring (1968)

        Writer

        The Equinox ... A Journey into the Supernatural
        The Equinox ... A Journey into the Supernatural (1967)

        Special Effects, Director

        Dancing Beer Bottles
        Dancing Beer Bottles (1965)

        Director, Animation