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Dennis Muren Biography

Birth Name:Dennis Elmer Muren

Birth Place:Glendale, California, United States

Profession Visual effects, Producer, Special effects, Director, Actor

Fast Facts

Received the 2007 Visual Effects Society Lifetime Achievement Award
Won the 2005 Hollywood Film Award for Visual Effects of the Year
Attended Pasadena City College, where he studied business
Frequently works on films directed by George Lucas and Steven Spielberg
In 1989, he became a member of the American Society of Cinematographers
Was a childhood friend of special effects artist Rick Baker
Was the person responsible for the special effects of the flying bicycle in "E․T․ the Extra-Terrestrial․"

Awards

1981Special Achievement Award-: winner
1982Oscar-Best Effects, Visual Effects: nominated
1982Saturn Award-Best Special Effects: nominated
1983Oscar-Best Effects, Visual Effects: winner
1983Saturn Award-Best Special Effects: winner
1983BAFTA Film Award-Best Special Visual Effects: nominated
1984Special Achievement Award-: winner
1984Saturn Award-Best Special Effects: winner
1984BAFTA Film Award-Best Special Visual Effects: winner
1985Oscar-Best Effects, Visual Effects: winner
1985BAFTA Film Award-Best Special Visual Effects: winner
1985Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Special Visual Effects: winner
1986Oscar-Best Effects, Visual Effects: nominated
1988Oscar-Best Effects, Visual Effects: winner
1988Saturn Award-Best Special Effects: nominated
1989Oscar-Best Effects, Visual Effects: nominated
1990Oscar-Best Effects, Visual Effects: winner
1991ACCA-Best Visual Effects: winner
1992Oscar-Best Effects, Visual Effects: winner
1992BAFTA Film Award-Best Special Visual Effects: winner
1994Oscar-Best Effects, Visual Effects: winner
1994Saturn Award-Best Special Effects: winner
1994BAFTA Film Award-Best Special Effects: winner
1994Guinness World Record-Most Oscars won for visual effects: winner
1998Oscar-Best Effects, Visual Effects: nominated
1998Saturn Award-Best Special Effects: nominated
1998OFTA Film Award-Best Visual Effects: nominated
2000Oscar-Best Effects, Visual Effects: nominated
2000Saturn Award-Best Special Effects: winner
2000BAFTA Film Award-Best Achievement in Special Visual Effects: nominated
2000Sierra Award-Best Visual Effects: nominated
2000OFTA Film Award-Best Visual Effects: nominated
2000Golden Satellite Award-Best Visual Effects: nominated
2001Video Premiere Award-Best Audio Commentary: nominated
2002AFI Award-Digital Effects Artist of the Year: nominated
2002Oscar-Best Effects, Visual Effects: nominated
2002Saturn Award-Best Special Effects: winner
2002BAFTA Film Award-Best Achievement in Special Visual Effects: nominated
2002OFTA Film Award-Best Visual Effects: nominated
2002PFCS Award-Best Visual Effects: nominated
2004Saturn Award-Best Special Effects: nominated
2004VES Award-Best Single Visual Effect of the Year in Any Medium: nominated
2005DVDX Award-Best Audio Commentary (New for DVD): nominated
2005Hollywood Film Award-Visual Effects of the Year: winner
2005Satellite Award-Outstanding Visual Effects: nominated
2005SLFCA Award-Best Cinematography or Visual/Special Effects: nominated
2006Oscar-Best Achievement in Visual Effects: nominated
2006Saturn Award-Best Special Effects: nominated
2006Gold Derby Film Award-Visual Effects: nominated
2006OFTA Film Award-Best Visual Effects: nominated
2006VES Award-Best Single Visual Effect of the Year: winner
2011Satellite Award-Best Visual Effects: nominated
2011SLFCA Award-Best Visual Effects: nominated
2012Saturn Award-Best Special Effects: nominated
2012Gold Derby Film Award-Visual Effects: nominated
2012INOCA-Best Visual Effects: nominated