- Known For
- Visual Effects
- Born
- April 8, 1942
- Place of Birth
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Died
- February 7, 2022
Douglas Trumbull
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.
Filmography
movieThe Alien Perspective
2025
movieSplice Here: A Projected Odyssey
2022
movieIn Search of Tomorrow
2022 · Self - Interviewee
movieThe Blade Runner Phenomenon
2021 · Self - Visual Effects Supervisor (1982)
movieNatalie Wood: What Remains Behind
2020 · Self
movieThe Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot
2019 · Executive Producer
movieTrumbull Land
2018 · Self
movieChesley Bonestell: A Brush with the Future
2018 · Self
UFOTOG
movieUFOTOG
2014 · Director, Writer
tvThe Real History of Science Fiction
2014 · Self
movieJodorowsky's Dune
2013 · Self - V/FX Artist (archive footage)
movieC 299,792 km/s
2013 · Thanks
Exploring 'The Tree of Life'
movieExploring 'The Tree of Life'
2011 · Self
movieThe Tree of Life
2011 · Visual Effects
movieDangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
2007 · Self
movieVision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
2007 · Self
movie2001: FX and Early Conceptual Artwork
2007 · Self
movieStanding on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
2007 · Self
movieThe Andromeda Strain: Making the Film
2003 · Self
movieDouglas Trumbull: Then and Now
2002 · Self
movie'Silent Running' By Director Douglas Trumbull
2002 · Self
movieThe Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
2001 · Self
movieStanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
2001 · Self
movie2001: The Making of a Myth
2001 · Self (as Doug Trumbull)
movie2001 and Beyond
2001 · Self
movieOn the Edge of 'Blade Runner'
2000 · Self
movieIn Search of the Obelisk
1993 · Director
movieBack to the Future... The Ride
1992 · Director
movieBrainstorm
1983 · Director, Producer
New Magic
movieNew Magic
1983 · Director
movieBlade Runner
1982 · Visual Effects
movieStar Trek: The Motion Picture
1979 · Visual Effects
Since '45
movieSince '45
1979 · Self - In new expanded version
Night of Dreams
movieNight of Dreams
1978 · Director
movieClose Encounters of the Third Kind
1977 · Visual Effects Supervisor
tvThe Starlost
1973 · Executive Producer
movieSilent Running
1972 · Director, Producer
movieThe Making of Silent Running
1972 · Self
movieThe Andromeda Strain
1971 · Visual Effects
movieCandy
1968 · Visual Effects
movie2001: A Space Odyssey
1968 · Visual Effects, Visual Effects Supervisor
To the Moon and Beyond
movieTo the Moon and Beyond
1964 · Visual Effects
movieTo Dream Of Roses
— · Director