John Dykstra
Age: N/A | From: Long Beach, California, USA
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: John Charles Dykstra , John C. Dykstra
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Long Beach, California, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 27
TV Involvements: 2
Most Famous Work
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Dykstra, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Famous Work
Spider-Man
(2002) Visual Effects Supervisor
Inglourious Basterds
(2009) Visual Effects Designer
Kong: Skull Island
(2017) Visual Effects Supervisor
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
(2019) Visual Effects Designer
Hancock
(2008) Visual Effects Designer
Seventh Son
(2014) Visual Effects Designer
Stuart Little
(1999) Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
Batman & Robin
(1997) Visual EffectsActing
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| 2021 | Self | |
| 2010 | Self | |
| 2007 | Self | |
| 2006 | Self | |
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| 2005 | Himself | |
| 2002 | Himself | |
| 2000 | N/A | |
| 1995 | Self - Visual Effects Supervisor | |
| 1982 | Himself | |
| 1953 | Self | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Visual Effects
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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| 2019 | Visual Effects Designer | |
| 2017 | Visual Effects Supervisor | |
| Visual Effects Supervisor | ||
| 2014 | Visual Effects Designer | |
| 2011 | Visual Effects Supervisor | |
| 2009 | Visual Effects Designer | |
| 2008 | Visual Effects Supervisor | |
| Visual Effects Designer | ||
| 2004 | Visual Effects Designer | |
| Visual Effects Supervisor | ||
| 2002 | Visual Effects Designer | |
| Visual Effects Supervisor | ||
| 1999 | Senior Visual Effects Supervisor | |
| 1997 | Visual Effects | |
| 1995 | Visual Effects Supervisor | |
| 1988 | Visual Effects Supervisor | |
| 1986 | Visual Effects Producer | |
| 1985 | Visual Effects | |
| 1980 | Special Effects Supervisor | |
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Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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| 1999 | Second Unit Director | |
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Crew
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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| 1979 | Special Effects | |
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Production
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| 1978 | Producer | |
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