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May 4, 2018 · Richard Edlund preparing to shoot the Millennium Falcon for the original “Star Wars.” Shortly after graduating from USC in the ’60s, he shot the opening flyby of the USS Enterprise for the ...
May 21, 2018 · Richard Edlund's career as a special effects expert began when he was hired as part of the visual effects team for Star Wars. The film, a phenomenal critical and popular success, breathed life into the science-fiction genre, and established the director/producer George Lucas as a powerful member of Hollywood's new generation of filmmakers.
Richard Edlund (born December 6, 1940 in Fargo, North Dakota, USA) is a multi-Academy Award-winning US visual effects photographer. After first joining the Navy, he developed an interest in experimental film and enrolled in film school in California in the late 60s. On the strength of a couple of short films he was picked by John Dykstra to work as first cameraman at the embryonic Industrial ...
A true pioneer in the age of modern-day special effects, Richard Edlund oversaw the creation of visuals that defined fantasy/sci-fi films for a generation of moviegoers, including the original ...
A true pioneer in the age of modern-day special effects, Richard Edlund oversaw the creation of visuals that defined fantasy/sci-fi films for a generation of moviegoers, including the original "Star Wars" (1977) and its sequels "The Empire Strikes Back" (1980) and "Return of the Jedi" (1983), as...
Mar 1, 2018 · David E. Williams. At top, future ASC great Richard Edlund operates a VistaVision camera while filming an explosive effect that would become an element in the spectacular finale to Star Wars (1977), later known as Episode IV — A New Hope. A self-educated still photographer, Edlund gained key experience while serving in the photographic ...
Aug 18, 2020 · Oscar-winning VFX pioneer Richard Edlund, Netflix co-founder and CEO Reed Hastings and veteran television engineer John D. Ross will receive the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers ...
