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Douglas Trumbull was an American film director and visual effects supervisor, who pioneered innovative methods in special effects. He worked on 2001: A Space Odyssey, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Blade Runner and other classic movies.
Douglas Trumbull was a legendary filmmaker and visual effects pioneer who worked on classics like 2001: A Space Odyssey, Blade Runner, and Star Trek: The Motion Picture. He died in 2022 at the age of 79 after a long career in film and special format films.
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Feb 11, 2022 · Douglas Hunt Trumbull was born in Los Angeles on April 8, 1942. His mother, Marcia (Hunt) Trumbull, was an artist; his father, Don, worked in visual and special effects, most notably on “The ...
Feb 8, 2022 · Douglas Huntley Trumbull was born on April 8, 1942. His mother, Marcia, was an artist. His father, Don, lent his special effects knowledge to the flying monkeys and talking apple trees and ...
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Feb 8, 2022 · The filmmaker behind 2001: A Space Odyssey, Blade Runner, and Close Encounters passed away on February 7, 2022. He was a pioneer of motion-control photography, miniature compositing, and Showscan technology.
Feb 15, 2022 · Douglas Trumbull, the pioneering, pre-digital, effects wizard who brought to life the impossible landscapes in 2001, A Space Odyssey, Blade Runner and Star Trek: The Motion Picture has died at age 79.
Feb 8, 2022 · Douglas Trumbull, a visual effects master who showed movie audiences indelible images of the future and deep space in films such as “2001: A Space Odyssey,” “Close Encounters of the Third ...