Dennis Muren
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 AwardWinner
- 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 AwardWinner
- 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