
Douglas Trumbull
Visual Effects
Born: 1942-04-08 · Los Angeles, California, USA
Died: 2022-02-07
Biography
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 license
🎬 Movies (30)

The Alien Perspective
2025

Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey
2022

In Search of Tomorrow
2022
Self - Interviewee

The Blade Runner Phenomenon
2021
Self - Visual Effects Supervisor (1982)

Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind
2020
Self

The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot
2019
Executive Producer

Chesley Bonestell: A Brush with the Future
2018
Self

Trumbull Land
2018
Self
UFOTOG
2014
Director

Jodorowsky's Dune
2013
Self - V/FX Artist (archive footage)

C 299,792 km/s
2013
Thanks
Exploring 'The Tree of Life'
2011
Self

The Tree of Life
2011
Visual Effects

Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
2007
Self

Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
2007
Self

2001: FX and Early Conceptual Artwork
2007
Self

Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
2007
Self

The Andromeda Strain: Making the Film
2003
Self

Douglas Trumbull: Then and Now
2002
Self

'Silent Running' By Director Douglas Trumbull
2002
Self

2001: The Making of a Myth
2001
Self (as Doug Trumbull)

The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
2001
Self

Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
2001
Self

2001 and Beyond
2001
Self

On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'
2000
Self

In Search of the Obelisk
1993
Director

Back to the Future... The Ride
1992
Director

Brainstorm
1983
Director
New Magic
1983
Director

Blade Runner
1982
Visual Effects

