John Dykstra
Visual Effects
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.
Known for
Visual Effects19
movieDolittle
2020
Visual Effects Supervisor
movieOnce Upon a Time... in Hollywood
2019
Visual Effects Designer
movieGhost in the Shell
2017
Visual Effects Supervisor
movieKong: Skull Island
2017
Visual Effects Supervisor
movieX-Men: Apocalypse
2016
Visual Effects Designer
movieSeventh Son
2014
Visual Effects Designer, Visual Effects Supervisor
movieX-Men: First Class
2011
Visual Effects Designer
movieInglourious Basterds
2009
Visual Effects Designer
movieHancock
2008
Visual Effects Designer, Visual Effects Supervisor
movieSpider-Man 2
2004
Visual Effects Designer
movieSpider-Man
2002
Visual Effects Designer
movieStuart Little
1999
Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
movieBatman & Robin
1997
Visual Effects
movieBatman Forever
1995
Visual Effects Supervisor
movieMy Stepmother Is an Alien
1988
Visual Effects Supervisor
movieInvaders from Mars
1986
Visual Effects Producer
movieLifeforce
1985
Visual Effects
movieCaddyshack
1980
Special Effects Supervisor
movieStar Trek: The Motion Picture
1979
Visual Effects
Acting17
movieRiddle Me This: Why Is Batman Forever?
1995
Self - Visual Effects Supervisor
tvThe Oscars
1953
Self
Directing2
movieStuart Little
1999
Second Unit Director
movieInvaders from Mars
1986
Second Unit Director
Crew1
movieAvalanche Express
1979
Special Effects
Production1
movieBattlestar Galactica
1978
Producer