Visual Effects
Community Rating
6.4
TMDB estimate
Born
June 3, 1947 (age 78)
Born in
Long Beach, California, USA
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.
LIGHT & MAGIC
as Self - Visual Effects Supervisor
2022
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The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek
as Self
2021
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Dolittle
as Visual Effects Supervisor
2020
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Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
as Visual Effects Designer
2019
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Ghost in the Shell
as Visual Effects Supervisor
2017
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Kong: Skull Island
as Visual Effects Supervisor
2017
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X-Men: Apocalypse
as Visual Effects Designer
2016
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Seventh Son
as Visual Effects Designer, Visual Effects Supervisor
2014
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Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class
as Self
2011
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X-Men: First Class
as Visual Effects Designer
2011
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Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible
as Self
2010
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Inglourious Basterds
as Visual Effects Designer
2009
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Hancock
as Visual Effects Designer, Visual Effects Supervisor
2008
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Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
as Self
2007
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Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon
as Self
2006
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Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
as Self
2006
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The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz
as Self
2005
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8 Arms to Hold You
as Self
2004
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Spider-Man 2
as Visual Effects Designer
2004
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Spider-Man
as Visual Effects Designer
2002
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