Acting credits
40
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Dennis Muren
Visual Effects
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 64Series: 1Crew credits: 27
TMDB ID: 3993
IMDb ID: nm0613830
Known for: Visual Effects
Born: November 1, 1946
Age: 79
Place of birth: Glendale, California, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1965 - 2026
Years active: 62
Average TMDB rating: 7
Wikidata: Q1189377
Other jobs
Visual Effects Supervisor (16)Associate Producer (2)Creative Consultant (2)Director (2)Additional Photography (1)Senior Visual Effects Supervisor (1)Special Effects (1)Thanks (1)
Biography
Dennis Muren, A.S.C. (born November 1, 1946) is an American film visual effects artist and supervisor. He has worked on the films of George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, and James Cameron, among others, and has won nine Oscars in total: eight for Best Visual Effects and a Technical Achievement Academy Award. The Visual Effects Society has called him "a perpetual student, teacher, innovator, and mentor." He has been identified as "a pioneer in bringing a new wave of visual effects films to the public, opening the doors for screenwriters and directors to tell stories never before possible with a new realism through the use of his skills in cinematic arts and advanced technologies." According to Spielberg, Muren "set the example at Industrial Light & Magic for visual effects excellence with effects that add strong, appropriate emotion to a shot and fit seamlessly into a movie."
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Dennis Muren.
as Self
Shrinkage: The Making of Innerspace
2026 • Movie
as Self
Lost to Time: Unearthing the Primevals
2024 • Movie
as Self - Interviewee
In Search of Tomorrow
2022 • Movie
Associate Producer
Mad God
2021 • Movie
as Self
Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters
2019 • Movie
as Self
T2: Reprogramming The Terminator
2017 • Movie
as Self
Spielberg
2017 • Movie
Creative Consultant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2015 • Movie
as Self
Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
2015 • Movie
as Self
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
2012 • Movie
as Self
Side by Side
2012 • Movie
Visual Effects Supervisor
Super 8
2011 • Movie
as Self
Return to Jurassic Park
2011 • Movie
as Self
Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible
2010 • Movie
as Self
Nexus Generation: Fans & Filmmakers
2007 • 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
The Pixar Story
2007 • Movie
as Self
Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
2006 • Movie
as Self
The Sci-Fi Boys
2006 • Movie
Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
War of the Worlds
2005 • Movie
as Self
George Lucas: Creating an Empire
2005 • Movie
as Self
Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
2005 • Movie
Visual Effects Supervisor
Hulk
2003 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Dennis Muren.
