Douglas Trumbull

Known for: Visual Effects

Born: 1942-04-08 – 2022-02-07 (aged 79)

From: Los Angeles, California, USA

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.

Filmography (24)

MOVIE★ 6.2
The Alien Perspective
2025
MOVIE★ 8.0
Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey
2022
MOVIE★ 6.6
In Search of Tomorrow
2022
as Self - Interviewee
MOVIE★ 6.9
The Blade Runner Phenomenon
2021
as Self - Visual Effects Supervisor (1982)
MOVIE★ 6.4
Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind
2020
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.3
Trumbull Land
2018
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.5
Chesley Bonestell: A Brush with the Future
2018
as Self
TV★ 7.0
The Real History of Science Fiction
2014
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.8
Jodorowsky's Dune
2013
as Self - V/FX Artist (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.6
Exploring 'The Tree of Life'
2011
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.8
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
2007
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.0
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
2007
as Self
MOVIE
2001: FX and Early Conceptual Artwork
2007
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.2
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
2007
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Andromeda Strain: Making the Film
2003
as Self
MOVIE
Douglas Trumbull: Then and Now
2002
as Self
MOVIE
'Silent Running' By Director Douglas Trumbull
2002
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.1
The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
2001
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.4
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
2001
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.6
2001: The Making of a Myth
2001
as Self (as Doug Trumbull)
MOVIE★ 8.0
2001 and Beyond
2001
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.7
On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'
2000
as Self
MOVIE★ 10.0
Since '45
1979
as Self - In new expanded version
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Making of Silent Running
1972
as Self