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Other names
  
Dick Yuricich

Movies
  
Brainstorm

Role
  
Special Effects Artist

Name
  
Richard Yuricich


Born
  
December 1942 (age 73)
Lorain, Ohio, US

Family
  
Matthew Yuricich (brother)

Nominations
  
Academy Award for Best Visual Effects

Similar People
  
Douglas Trumbull, Matthew Yuricich, Lawrence G Paull, Michael Deeley, John Dykstra

Occupation
  
Special effects artist

Richard Yuricich (born December 1942) is a three time Academy Award nominated special effects artist. His brother Matthew Yuricich was a special effects artist as well. Yuricich is of Croatian descent.

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Oscar Nominations

All 3 are in the category of Best Visual Effects

  • 50th Academy Awards-Nominated for Close Encounters of the Third Kind, nomination shared with Roy Arbogast, Gregory Jein, Douglas Trumbull and Matthew Yuricich. Lost to Star Wars.
  • 52nd Academy Awards-Nominated for Star Trek: The Motion Picture, nomination shared with John Dykstra, Grant McCune, David K. Stewart, Robert Swarthe and Douglas Trumbull. Lost to Alien.
  • 55th Academy Awards-Nominated for Blade Runner, nomination shared with David Dryer and Douglas Trumbull. Lost to E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. .

    • Selected filmography

  • Non-Stop (2014)
  • The Book of Eli (2010)
  • Mission: Impossible 2 (2000)
  • Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991)
  • Blade Runner (1982)
  • Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
  • Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

    • References

    Richard Yuricich Wikipedia
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