Douglas Trumbull

Visual Effects

08-04-1942

08-04-1942

He/Him

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.

Popular Movies/Shows

Blade Runner

Science Fiction

In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their creator for a way to extend their short life spans.

2001: A Space Odyssey

Visual Effects Supervisor

Science Fiction

Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world's most advanced super computer.

The Starlost

Executive Producer

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

A huge generational colony spacecraft called The Ark has gone off-course. Many of the descendants from the original crew and colonists are unaware that they are aboard a ship.

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Visual Effects Director

Science Fiction

After an encounter with UFOs, an electricity linesman feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is about to happen.

Star Trek: The Motion Picture

Science Fiction

When an unidentified alien destroys three powerful Klingon cruisers, Captain James T. Kirk returns to the newly transformed U.S.S. Enterprise to take command.

The Tree of Life

The impressionistic story of a Texas family in the 1950s. The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father. Jack finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking answers to the origins and meaning of life while questioning the existence of faith.

Top Rated Movies/Shows

The Starlost

Executive Producer

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

A huge generational colony spacecraft called The Ark has gone off-course. Many of the descendants from the original crew and colonists are unaware that they are aboard a ship.

2001: A Space Odyssey

Visual Effects Supervisor

Science Fiction

Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world's most advanced super computer.

Blade Runner

Science Fiction

In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their creator for a way to extend their short life spans.

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Visual Effects Director

Science Fiction

After an encounter with UFOs, an electricity linesman feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is about to happen.

The Andromeda Strain

Science Fiction

When virtually all of the residents of Piedmont, New Mexico, are found dead after the return to Earth of a space satellite, the head of the US Air Force's Project Scoop declares an emergency. A group of eminent scientists led by Dr. Jeremy Stone scramble to a secure laboratory and try to first isolate the life form while determining why two people from Piedmont - an old alcoholic and a six-month-o...

The Tree of Life

The impressionistic story of a Texas family in the 1950s. The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father. Jack finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking answers to the origins and meaning of life while questioning the existence of faith.

Movies (Production)

The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot

Executive Producer

The Tree of Life

In Search of the Obelisk

Back to the Future: The Ride

Star Trek: The Motion Picture

Night of Dreams

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Visual Effects Director

The Andromeda Strain

2001: A Space Odyssey

Visual Effects Supervisor

To the Moon and Beyond

TV Shows (Production)

Executive Producer

Movies (Acting)

The Alien Perspective

Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey

Self - Interviewee

In Search of Tomorrow

Self - Visual Effects Supervisor (1982)

The Blade Runner Phenomenon

Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind

Chesley Bonestell: A Brush with the Future

Self (archive footage)

Jodorowsky's Dune

Exploring 'The Tree of Life'

Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner

Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001

2001: FX and Early Conceptual Artwork

The Andromeda Strain: Making the Film

Douglas Trumbull: Then and Now

'Silent Running' By Director Douglas Trumbull

The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'

Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures

Self (as Doug Trumbull)

2001: The Making of a Myth

On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'

The Reality Trip

2001 and Beyond

The Making of Silent Running

TV Shows (Acting)

The Real History of Science Fiction