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.
Riddle Me This: Why Is Batman Forever?
(Self - Visual Effects Supervisor)
Clint Eastwood: Director
(Self)
Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon
(Self)
The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz
(Self)
8 Arms to Hold You
(Self)
Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class
Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible
(Self)
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
(Self)
Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
(Self)
Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'
(Self)
Stuart Little: Making It Big
(Self)
The Making Of Lifeforce
(Self)
Gravity: Looking to the Stars - The Evolution of Space Films
(Self)
Sciography
The Oscars
(Self)
The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek
(Self)
LIGHT & MAGIC
(Self - Visual Effects Supervisor)
Avalanche Express
(Special Effects)
Hancock
(Visual Effects Designer)
Battlestar Galactica
(Producer)
Stuart Little
(Second Unit Director)
Stuart Little
(Senior Visual Effects Supervisor)
My Stepmother Is an Alien
(Visual Effects Supervisor)
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
(Visual Effects)
Batman & Robin
(Visual Effects)
Kong: Skull Island
(Visual Effects Supervisor)
Caddyshack
(Special Effects Supervisor)
Spider-Man
(Visual Effects Designer)
Seventh Son
(Visual Effects Designer)
Spider-Man 2
(Visual Effects Designer)
Lifeforce
(Visual Effects)
Invaders from Mars
(Visual Effects Producer)
Ghost in the Shell
(Visual Effects Supervisor)
X-Men: First Class
(Visual Effects Supervisor)
Hancock
(Visual Effects Supervisor)
Spider-Man
(Visual Effects Supervisor)
Spider-Man 2
(Visual Effects Supervisor)
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
(Visual Effects Designer)
Inglourious Basterds
(Visual Effects Designer)
Batman Forever
(Visual Effects Supervisor)
Invaders from Mars
(Second Unit Director)
Dolittle
(Visual Effects Supervisor)
X-Men: Apocalypse
(Visual Effects Supervisor)