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John Dykstra

Crew | * 06/03/1947 (76) | Long Beach, California (United States of America (USA))
John Charles Dykstra, A.S.C. (born June 3, 1947) is an American special effects artist, pioneer in the development of the use of computers in filmmaking and 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. ()
Most frequent genres for this person: Action | Documentaries | Adventure

Known for these Movies & Shows

Princess Leia is captured and held hostage by the evil Imperial forces in their effort to take over the galactic Empire. Venturesome Luke Skywalker and dashing captain Han Solo team together with the ...

Star Wars

Certification unknown

1977 | 4.1/5 | 2h 1min
Adventure, Action, Science Fiction
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Peter Parker is going through a major identity crisis. Burned out from being Spider-Man, he decides to shelve his superhero alter ego, which leaves the city suffering in the wake of carnage left by th ...

Spider-Man 2

PG-13

2004 | 3.6/5 | 2h 7min
Action, Adventure, Fantasy
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After being bitten by a genetically altered spider at Oscorp, nerdy but endearing high school student Peter Parker is endowed with amazing powers to become the superhero known as Spider-Man. ...

Spider-Man

PG-13

2002 | 3.6/5 | 2h 1min
Fantasy, Action
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A space shuttle mission investigating Halley's Comet brings back a malevolent race of space vampires who transform most of London's population into zombies. The only survivor of the expedition and Bri ...

Lifeforce

R

1985 | 3.2/5 | 1h 42min
Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller
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Awards & Nominations for John Dykstra

2x Academy Award for Best Visual Effects Sitges Film Festival Best Special Effects Award 5x Academy Award for Best Visual Effects Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Visual Effects
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Movies with John Dykstra as Actor(8)

as himself2010 Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible
as himself2007 Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
as himself2006 Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon
as himself2006 Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
as himself2005 The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz
as himself2002 Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'
as Self - Visual Effects Supervisor1995 Riddle Me This: Why Is Batman Forever?
as himself1982 Clint Eastwood: Director

TV Shows/Series with John Dykstra as Actor(1)

as himself2021 The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek

Movies with John Dykstra as Crew(21)

Visual Effects/Visual Effects Designer2019 Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
Visual Effects/Visual Effects Supervisor2017 Kong: Skull Island
Visual Effects/Visual Effects Supervisor2017 Ghost in the Shell
Visual Effects/Visual Effects Designer2014 Seventh Son
Visual Effects/Visual Effects Supervisor2011 X-Men: First Class
Visual Effects/Visual Effects Designer2009 Inglourious Basterds
Visual Effects/Visual Effects Supervisor2008 Hancock
Visual Effects/Visual Effects Designer2008 Hancock
Visual Effects/Visual Effects Designer2004 Spider-Man 2
Visual Effects/Visual Effects Supervisor2004 Spider-Man 2
Visual Effects/Visual Effects Designer2002 Spider-Man
Visual Effects/Visual Effects Supervisor2002 Spider-Man
Directing/Second Unit Director1999 Stuart Little
Visual Effects/Senior Visual Effects Supervisor1999 Stuart Little
Visual Effects/Visual Effects1997 Batman & Robin
Visual Effects/Visual Effects Supervisor1995 Batman Forever
Visual Effects/Visual Effects Supervisor1988 My Stepmother Is an Alien
Visual Effects/Visual Effects Producer1986 Invaders from Mars
Visual Effects/Visual Effects1985 Lifeforce
Crew/Special Effects1979 Avalanche Express
Production/Producer1978 Battlestar Galactica

Full Name: John Dykstra
Born: Tuesday, 06/03 1947 (June) in Long Beach, California (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 76 years + 328 days)
Zodiac sign: Gemini (Chinese zodiac sign: Pig)
Educated at: California State University, Long Beach
Children: Chloe Dykstra
Other names for John Dykstra (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"John Charles Dykstra"
"John C. Dykstra"
John Dykstra frequently works together with these people:
Stan Lee (8x, Crew)
Quentin Tarantino (7x, Actor)
Brad Martin (7x, Crew)
Matthew Burleigh (6x, Crew)
Mo Henry (5x, Crew)
Zoë Bell (4x, Actress)
Avi Arad (4x, Crew)
Barbara Ling (4x, Crew)
Eric Heffron (4x, Crew)
Jimmy Star (4x, Actor)
Mike Smith (4x, Crew)
Brian Volk-Weiss (3x, Crew)

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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:1423695, Added: 09/05/2019, Last updated: 04/13/2024