Visual Effects

John Dykstra

John Dykstra è noto soprattutto per Oscars: La notte in diretta, LIGHT & MAGIC, The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek e VH1 Goes Inside. John Dykstra è nato il 3 giugno 1947. John Dykstra ha 79 anni (nato/a il 3 giugno 1947).

Nascita: 3 giugno 1947 (79 anni)
Luogo di nascita: Long Beach, California, USA

Biografia

John Charles Dykstra, A.S.C. (/ˈdaɪkstrə/; born June 3, 1947) is an American special effects artist, a pioneer in developing computers in filmmaking and a recipient of three Academy Awards, among many other awards and prizes. He was one of the original employees of Industrial Light & Magic, the special effects and computer graphics division of Lucasfilm. He is well known as the special effects lead on the original Star Wars, helping bring the original visuals for lightsabers, space battles between X-wings and TIE fighters, and Force powers to the screen. He also led special effects on many other movies, including Batman Forever, Batman & Robin, Stuart Little, X-Men: First Class, Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2.

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