
Douglas Trumbull
Born
April 8, 1942
Died
February 7, 2022 (79 years old)
Known For
Visual Effects
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
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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.
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Known For

The Alien Perspective
2025

Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey
2022

In Search of Tomorrow
Self - Interviewee
2022

The Blade Runner Phenomenon
Self - Visual Effects Supervisor (1982)
2021

Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind
Self
2020

Trumbull Land
Self
2018

Chesley Bonestell: A Brush with the Future
Self
2018

The Real History of Science Fiction
Self · (3 episodes)
2014

Jodorowsky's Dune
Self (archive footage)
2013
Exploring 'The Tree of Life'
Self
2011

Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
Self
2007

Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
Self
2007

2001: FX and Early Conceptual Artwork
Self
2007

The Andromeda Strain: Making the Film
Self
2003

Douglas Trumbull: Then and Now
Self
2002

'Silent Running' By Director Douglas Trumbull
Self
2002

The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
Self
2001

Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
Self
2001

2001: The Making of a Myth
Self (as Doug Trumbull)
2001

On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'
Self
2000

The Reality Trip
self

2001 and Beyond
Self
2001

The Making of Silent Running
Self
1972