John Dykstra
- Known for
- Visual Effects
- Born
- June 3, 1947 (age 79)
- Birthplace
- Long Beach, California, USA
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.
Known For
Filmography
Dolittle
Movie · Visual Effects Supervisor
Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood
Movie · Visual Effects Designer
Kong: Skull Island
Movie · Visual Effects Supervisor
Ghost in the Shell
Movie · Visual Effects Supervisor
X-Men: Apocalypse
Movie · Visual Effects Designer
Seventh Son
Movie · Visual Effects Designer, Visual Effects Supervisor
X-Men: First Class
Movie · Visual Effects Designer
Inglourious Basterds
Movie · Visual Effects Designer
Hancock
Movie · Visual Effects Designer, Visual Effects Supervisor
Spider-Man 2
Movie · Visual Effects Designer
Spider-Man
Movie · Visual Effects Designer
Stuart Little
Movie · Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
Batman & Robin
Movie · Visual Effects
Batman Forever
Movie · Visual Effects Supervisor
My Stepmother Is an Alien
Movie · Visual Effects Supervisor
Invaders from Mars
Movie · Visual Effects Producer
Lifeforce
Movie · Visual Effects
Caddyshack
Movie · Special Effects Supervisor
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Movie · Visual Effects
Star Wars
Movie · Visual Effects