Dennis Muren
The craftsman behind the lens who made the impossible real for Indiana Jones.
Dennis Muren (born November 1, 1946) is an American visual effects artist and supervisor at Industrial Light & Magic. On the Indiana Jones films he was a visual effects supervisor on Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, together with Joe Johnston, and he and ILM's visual effects department won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects for it at the 57th Academy Awards.
Quick Facts
- Born
- 1 November 1946
- Birthplace
- Glendale, California, U.S.
- Occupation
- Visual effects artist and supervisor
Lore & Background
Muren was hired in 1976 as second cameraman at Industrial Light & Magic, the visual effects studio George Lucas founded, to work on Star Wars, and afterwards worked mainly as a visual effects supervisor. He has worked on films of George Lucas, Steven Spielberg and James Cameron and has won nine Oscars: eight for Best Visual Effects and a Technical Achievement Academy Award.
Reader's Guide
Spielberg said 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." In 1985 he directed the Lucasfilm Graphics Group in making the CGI stained glass swordsman for Young Sherlock Holmes.
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