Douglas Trumbull

Known for: Visual Effects
Born: April 8, 1942, Los Angeles, California, USA
Died: February 7, 2022
Movies: 30

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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.

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Upcoming Douglas Trumbull Movies

9.0

To Dream Of Roses

Release date TBA

Best-Known Movies

7.8

Jodorowsky's Dune

2013

6.4

Silent Running

1972

6.2

Brainstorm

1983

7.4

Stanley Kubrick - Ein Leben für den Film

2001

7.8

Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner

2007

6.5

Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind

2020

6.8

In Search of Tomorrow

2022

6.6

2001: The Making of a Myth

2001

7.7

On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'

2000

7.1

The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'

2001

Filmography

2025	The Alien Perspective
2022	Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey
2022	In Search of Tomorrow	Self - Interviewee
2021	The Blade Runner Phenomenon	Self - Visual Effects Supervisor (1982)
2020	Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind	Self
2018	Trumbull Land	Self
2018	Chesley Bonestell: A Brush with the Future	Self
2013	Jodorowsky's Dune	Self - V/FX Artist (archive footage)
2011	Exploring 'The Tree of Life'	Self
2007	Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner	Self
2007	Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001	Self
2007	Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001	Self
2007	2001: FX and Early Conceptual Artwork
2003	The Andromeda Strain: Making the Film	Self
2002	Douglas Trumbull: Then and Now	Self
2002	'Silent Running' By Director Douglas Trumbull	Self
2001	The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'	Self
2001	Stanley Kubrick - Ein Leben für den Film	Self
2001	2001: The Making of a Myth	Self (as Doug Trumbull)
2001	2001 and Beyond	Self
2000	On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'	Self
1979	Since '45	Self - In new expanded version
1972	The Making of Silent Running	Self

Directing, Writing & Producing

2014	UFOTOG	Director, Writer
1993	In Search of the Obelisk	Director
1992	Back to the Future: The Ride	Director
1983	Brainstorm	Director, Producer
1983	New Magic	Director
1978	Night of Dreams	Director
1972	Silent Running	Director, Producer

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