Visual Effects

John Dykstra

John Dykstra é mais conhecido por Oscars, LIGHT & MAGIC, The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek e VH1 Goes Inside. John Dykstra nasceu em 3 de junho de 1947. John Dykstra tem 79 anos (nasceu em 3 de junho de 1947).

Nascimento: 3 de junho de 1947 (79 anos)
Local de nascimento: 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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