The Oscars
1953Series
The Oscars
1953Series
Person
John Dykstra
Visual Effects
- Born
- June 3, 1947 · Long Beach, California, USA
Biography
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Dykstra, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
LIGHT & MAGIC
2022Series
LIGHT & MAGIC
2022Series
The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek
2021Series
The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek
2021Series
VH1 Goes Inside
2003Series
VH1 Goes Inside
2003Series
Clint Eastwood: Director
1982Movie
Clint Eastwood: Director
1982Movie
Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible
2010Movie
Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class
2011Movie
In Search of Tomorrow
2022Movie
In Search of Tomorrow
2022Movie
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
2007Movie
Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon
2006Movie
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
2007Movie
Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of Spider-Man
2002Movie