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Home/People/Douglas Trumbull
Douglas Trumbull profile photo
Born
Apr 8, 1942Died: Feb 7, 2022
Lived 79 years
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Known For
Visual Effects
Gender
Male

Career Highlights

22
Movies
1
TV Shows
7
Directed
Also Known As
Douglas Hunt Trumbull
IMDb Profile

Douglas Trumbull

Visual Effects

Biography
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.
The Alien Perspective poster

The Alien Perspective

Cast
2025
Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey poster

Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey

Cast
2022
In Search of Tomorrow poster

In Search of Tomorrow

as Self - Interviewee
2022
The Blade Runner Phenomenon poster

The Blade Runner Phenomenon

as Self - Visual Effects Supervisor (1982)
2021
Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind poster

Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind

as Self
2020
Trumbull Land poster

Trumbull Land

as Self
2018
Chesley Bonestell: A Brush with the Future poster

Chesley Bonestell: A Brush with the Future

as Self
2018
Jodorowsky's Dune poster

Jodorowsky's Dune

as Self - V/FX Artist (archive footage)
2013
Exploring 'The Tree of Life' poster

Exploring 'The Tree of Life'

as Self
2011
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner poster

Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner

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

Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001

as Self
2007
2001: FX and Early Conceptual Artwork poster

2001: FX and Early Conceptual Artwork

as Self
2007
The Andromeda Strain: Making the Film poster

The Andromeda Strain: Making the Film

as Self
2003
Douglas Trumbull: Then and Now poster

Douglas Trumbull: Then and Now

as Self
2002
'Silent Running' By Director Douglas Trumbull poster

'Silent Running' By Director Douglas Trumbull

as Self
2002
The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' poster

The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'

as Self
2001
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures poster

Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures

as Self
2001
2001: The Making of a Myth poster

2001: The Making of a Myth

as Self (as Doug Trumbull)
2001
2001 and Beyond poster

2001 and Beyond

as Self
2001
On the Edge of 'Blade Runner' poster

On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'

as Self
2000