John Dykstra

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.

Filmography

All 17Movies 13TV 4

LIGHT & MAGIC

Self

The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek

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Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class

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Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible

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Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001

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Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001

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Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon

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Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet

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The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz

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8 Arms to Hold You

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Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'

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Sciography

2000

Stuart Little: Making It Big

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Riddle Me This: Why Is Batman Forever?

Self - Visual Effects Supervisor

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The Making Of Lifeforce

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Clint Eastwood: Director

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The Oscars

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