
Visual Effects
Douglas Trumbull
8 April 1942† 7 February 2022 (aged 79) Los Angeles, California, USA
- Directed
- 8
- Written
- 1
- Produced
- 2
- Movies
- 23
- Shows
- 1
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Douglas Huntley Trumbull (April 8, 1942, Los Angeles- 7th February 2022 ) is an American film director, special effects supervisor, and inventor. He contributed to, or was responsible for, the special photographic effects of 2001: A Space Odyssey, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Star Trek: The Motion Picture and Blade Runner, and directed the movies Silent Running and Brainstorm. Description above from the Wikipedia article Douglas Trumbull licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
- Upcoming
- To Dream Of Roses · Film · Director
- 2025
- The Alien Perspective · Film
- 2022
- Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey · Film
- In Search of Tomorrow · Film · Interviewee
- 2021
- The Blade Runner Phenomenon · Film · Visual Effects Supervisor (1982)
- 2020
- 2019
- The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot · Film · Executive Producer
- 2018
- Trumbull Land · Film
- Chesley Bonestell: A Brush with the Future · Film
- 2014
- The Real History of Science Fiction · Series
- UFOTOG · Film · Director
- 2013
- Jodorowsky's Dune · Film · V · FX Artist
- C 299,792 km/s · Film · Thanks
- 2011
- Exploring 'The Tree of Life' · Film
- The Tree of Life · Film · Visual Effects
- 2007
- 2003
- 2002
- 2001
- The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' · Film
- Stanley Kubrick - Ein Leben für den Film · Film
- 2001: The Making of a Myth · Film · Self (as Doug Trumbull)
- 2001 and Beyond · Film
- 2000
- 1993
- In Search of the Obelisk · Film · Director
- 1992
- Back to the Future: The Ride · Film · Director
- 1983
- Brainstorm · Film · Director
- New Magic · Film · Director
- 1982
- Blade Runner · Film · Visual Effects
- 1979
- Since '45 · Film · In new expanded version
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture · Film · Visual Effects
- 1978
- Night of Dreams · Film · Director
- 1977
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind · Film · Visual Effects Supervisor
- 1973
- The Starlost · Series · Executive Producer
- 1972
- The Making of Silent Running · Film
- Silent Running · Film · Director
- 1971
- The Andromeda Strain · Film · Visual Effects
- 1968
- 2001: A Space Odyssey · Film · Visual Effects
- Candy · Film · Visual Effects
- 1964
- To the Moon and Beyond · Film · Visual Effects





































