Name Richard Edlund Role Cinematographer | ||
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Born December 6, 1940 (age 83) ( 1940-12-06 ) Fargo, North Dakota Occupation Special effects cinematographer Spouse(s) Rita Kogan (1993 - present) Education USC School of Cinematic Arts Awards Academy Award for Best Visual Effects Nominations Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Visual Effects - Miniseries, Movie Or A Special Similar People Dennis Muren, John Dykstra, Ken Ralston, Phil Tippett, Norman Reynolds | ||
Organizations founded Boss Film Studios | ||
Richard edlund discusses star wars technicolor pioneered technology
Richard Edlund, A.S.C. (born December 6, 1940) is a multi-Academy Award-winning US special effects cinematographer.
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Edlund was born in Fargo, North Dakota and raised in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. After first joining the United States Navy, he developed an interest in experimental film and attended the USC School of Cinematic Arts in the late 1960s. On the strength of a couple of short films, he was picked by John Dykstra to work as first cameraman at the embryonic Industrial Light & Magic on the production on Star Wars for which he shared an Academy Award.
Edlund continued to work with Dykstra on Battlestar Galactica but was invited back by George Lucas to work on The Empire Strikes Back. Edlund's considerable technical challenge on this film was to optically composite miniatures against a white back ground resulting in a second Academy Award. Edlund also did distinguished work for Lucas and ILM on Raiders of the Lost Ark and Poltergeist.
In 1983, following the completion of Return of the Jedi, Edlund set up his own effects company, Boss Films, whose credits include Big Trouble in Little China, Die Hard, Ghostbusters, The Hunt for Red October, Cliffhanger, Outbreak, and Air Force One. Boss Film Studios was one of the first traditional effects houses that successfully transitioned from "tangible world" visual effects, to computer generated imagery. Many notable CGI artists began their careers at Boss.
Aside from film-work, Edlund also developed and manufactured the Pignose portable-style guitar amplifier (co-designed by Wayne Kimball).
Edlund is married to Rita Kogan, the only daughter of the late entrepreneur Michael Kogan.