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Douglas Trumbull

Personal Info

Known ForVisual Effects
Born1942-04-08
BirthplaceLos Angeles, California, USA
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Douglas Trumbull

Visual Effects

Biography

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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.

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Notable Works

Prominent titles featuring Douglas Trumbull

Blade Runner
7.9
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Blade Runner
1982
2001: A Space Odyssey
8.0
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2001: A Space Odyssey
1968
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
7.4
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1977
The Tree of Life
6.7
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The Tree of Life
2011
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
6.5
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Star Trek: The Motion Picture
1979
The Andromeda Strain
7.1
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The Andromeda Strain
1971
Jodorowsky's Dune
7.8
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Jodorowsky's Dune
2013
Silent Running
6.4
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Silent Running
1972

Filmography

Acting (23)

2025
The Alien Perspective
6.4
2022
Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey
8.0
2022
In Search of Tomorrowas Self - Interviewee
6.7
2021
The Blade Runner Phenomenonas Self - Visual Effects Supervisor (1982)
6.8
2020
Natalie Wood: What Remains Behindas Self
6.5
2018
Trumbull Landas Self
7.3
2018
Chesley Bonestell: A Brush with the Futureas Self
8.5
2013
Jodorowsky's Duneas Self - V/FX Artist (archive footage)
7.8
2011
Exploring 'The Tree of Life'as Self
6.6
2007
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runneras Self
7.8
2007
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001as Self
6.0
2007
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001as Self
6.2
2007
2001: FX and Early Conceptual Artwork
2003
The Andromeda Strain: Making the Filmas Self
6.3
2002
Douglas Trumbull: Then and Nowas Self
2002
'Silent Running' By Director Douglas Trumbullas Self
2001
The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'as Self
7.1
2001
Stanley Kubrick - Ein Leben für den Filmas Self
7.4
2001
2001: The Making of a Mythas Self (as Doug Trumbull)
6.6
2001
2001 and Beyondas Self
8.0
2000
On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'as Self
7.7
1979
Since '45as Self - In new expanded version
10.0
1972
The Making of Silent Runningas Self
8.0

Production & Directing (22)

2019
The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the BigfootExecutive Producer
5.5
2014
UFOTOGDirector
6.5
2014
UFOTOGWriter
6.5
2013
C 299,792 km/sThanks
9.3
2011
The Tree of LifeVisual Effects
6.7
1993
In Search of the ObeliskDirector
7.0
1992
Back to the Future: The RideDirector
6.2
1983
BrainstormDirector
6.2
1983
BrainstormProducer
6.2
1983
New MagicDirector
8.0
1982
Blade RunnerVisual Effects
7.9
1979
Star Trek: The Motion PictureVisual Effects
6.5
1978
Night of DreamsDirector
9.0
1977
Close Encounters of the Third KindVisual Effects Supervisor
7.4
1972
Silent RunningDirector
6.4
1972
Silent RunningProducer
6.4
1971
The Andromeda StrainVisual Effects
7.1
1968
CandyVisual Effects
5.1
1968
2001: A Space OdysseyVisual Effects
8.0
1968
2001: A Space OdysseyVisual Effects Supervisor
8.0
1964
To the Moon and BeyondVisual Effects
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To Dream Of RosesDirector
9.0