Name
John Dykstra
Known For
Visual Effects
Birthday
1947-06-03 (79 years old)
Place of Birth
Long Beach, California, USA
Biography
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.
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- 1995 Riddle Me This: Why Is Batman Forever? as Self - Visual Effects Supervisor
- 1982 Clint Eastwood: Director as Self
- 2006 Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon as Self
- 2005 The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz as Self
- 2004 8 Arms to Hold You as Self
- 2011 Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class as Self
- 2010 Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible as Self
- 2007 Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001 as Self
- 2006 Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet as Self
- 2002 Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man' as Self
- 1999 Stuart Little: Making It Big as Self
- 1985 The Making Of Lifeforce as Self
- 2007 Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001 as Self
- 2000 Sciography ( 5 episodes )
- 1953 The Oscars ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2021 The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2022 LIGHT & MAGIC ( 1 episode ) as Self
