Acting credits
15
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
John Dykstra
Visual Effects
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 33Series: 3Crew credits: 21
TMDB ID: 20925
IMDb ID: nm0004375
Known for: Visual Effects
Born: June 3, 1947
Age: 79
Place of birth: Long Beach, California, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1953 - 2022
Years active: 70
Average TMDB rating: 6.46
Wikidata: Q568245
Also known as
John Charles Dykstra • John C. Dykstra
Other jobs
Visual Effects Designer (8)Visual Effects Supervisor (5)Visual Effects (3)Producer (1)Second Unit Director (1)Special Effects (1)Special Effects Supervisor (1)Visual Effects Producer (1)
Biography
John Charles Dykstra, A.S.C. (/ˈdaɪkstrə/; born June 3, 1947) is an American special effects artist, a pioneer in developing computers in filmmaking and a recipient of three Academy Awards, among many other awards and prizes. He was one of the original employees of Industrial Light & Magic, the special effects and computer graphics division of Lucasfilm. He is well known as the special effects lead on the original Star Wars, helping bring the original visuals for lightsabers, space battles between X-wings and TIE fighters, and Force powers to the screen. He also led special effects on many other movies, including Batman Forever, Batman & Robin, Stuart Little, X-Men: First Class, Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with John Dykstra.
Visual Effects Supervisor
Dolittle
2020 • Movie
Visual Effects Designer
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
2019 • Movie
Visual Effects Supervisor
Ghost in the Shell
2017 • Movie
Visual Effects Supervisor
Kong: Skull Island
2017 • Movie
Visual Effects Designer
X-Men: Apocalypse
2016 • Movie
Visual Effects Designer
Seventh Son
2014 • Movie
as Self
Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class
2011 • Movie
Visual Effects Designer
X-Men: First Class
2011 • Movie
as Self
Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible
2010 • Movie
Visual Effects Designer
Inglourious Basterds
2009 • Movie
Visual Effects Designer
Hancock
2008 • Movie
as Self
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
2007 • Movie
as Self
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
2007 • Movie
as Self
Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
2006 • Movie
as Self
Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon
2006 • Movie
as Self
The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz
2005 • Movie
as Self
8 Arms to Hold You
2004 • Movie
Visual Effects Designer
Spider-Man 2
2004 • Movie
Visual Effects Designer
Spider-Man
2002 • Movie
as Self
Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'
2002 • Movie
Second Unit Director
Stuart Little
1999 • Movie
as Self
Stuart Little: Making It Big
1999 • Movie
Visual Effects
Batman & Robin
1997 • Movie
Visual Effects Supervisor
Batman Forever
1995 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with John Dykstra.
