Douglas Trumbull
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 licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Gallery
Known For
Acting History
2025
The Alien Perspective
2022Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey
2022In Search of Tomorrow as Self - Interviewee
2021The Blade Runner Phenomenon as Self - Visual Effects Supervisor (1982)
2020Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind as Self
2018Trumbull Land as Self
2018Chesley Bonestell: A Brush with the Future as Self
2015Gravity: Looking to the Stars - The Evolution of Space Films as Self
2014The Real History of Science Fiction as Self
2013Jodorowsky's Dune as Self - V/FX Artist (archive footage)
2011Exploring 'The Tree of Life' as Self
2007Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner as Self
20072001: FX and Early Conceptual Artwork as Self
2007Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001 as Self
2003The Andromeda Strain: Making the Film as Self
2002'Silent Running' By Director Douglas Trumbull as Self
2002Douglas Trumbull: Then and Now as Self
2001The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' as Self
2001Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures as Self
20012001: The Making of a Myth as Self (as Doug Trumbull)
20012001 and Beyond as Self
2000On the Edge of 'Blade Runner' as Self
1972The Making of Silent Running as Self