One of the most highly decorated special effects cinematographer from the United States of America, there is just one word that can be deemed appropriate to describe Richard Edlund, and that is genius. He has won acclaim as well as Oscars just for the fun of it. He has won four Oscars till date for his brilliant work on the visual effects in movies such as Star Wars, Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, Return of the Jedi (a part in the Star Wars franchise) and also for The Empire Strikes Back (another episode in the Star Wars saga) as well as being nominated for the Oscars for the film Poltergeist.
His visual effects company known as the Boss Film Studios came into being in the year 1983 and the first project that it took up was the thriller named Ghostbusters. The studio was involved in looking after the visual effects of more than thirty films and Richard Edlund personally presided over each and every one of these films. The notable films in the resume of the studio are Die Hard, 2010, Ghost, Cliffhanger, Poltergeist 2, Batman Returns, Species, Alien 3, Air Force One as well as Multiplicity. Although the tenure of the company was short lived, having been closed down in 1997, it still got over 10 Oscar nominations in that 14 year period and it was all thanks to the creative genius of Richard Edlund.
Edlund was one of the pioneers of bringing special effects into prominence in Hollywood and thanks to him; various science fiction movies after him saw the light of day. He revolutionized the thinking of the directors in terms of filming and using special effects expansively in their films and thus, movies such as the Star Wars saga as well as the ones in the Indiana Jones Trilogy as well as hundreds or thousands of movies after that became possible.
Richard Edlund has held many prominent posts in the Academy of Motion Pictures. According to him, filmmaking is an art and it should be done with a lot of care and people should treat it as their own children and love it the same way. His revolutionary thoughts and ideas paved the way for future visual effects artists that made possible movies like Avatar, which was entirely supported by it. Thus when we talk of special effects, this is one name we cannot ignore.
His visual effects company known as the Boss Film Studios came into being in the year 1983 and the first project that it took up was the thriller named Ghostbusters. The studio was involved in looking after the visual effects of more than thirty films and Richard Edlund personally presided over each and every one of these films. The notable films in the resume of the studio are Die Hard, 2010, Ghost, Cliffhanger, Poltergeist 2, Batman Returns, Species, Alien 3, Air Force One as well as Multiplicity. Although the tenure of the company was short lived, having been closed down in 1997, it still got over 10 Oscar nominations in that 14 year period and it was all thanks to the creative genius of Richard Edlund.
Edlund was one of the pioneers of bringing special effects into prominence in Hollywood and thanks to him; various science fiction movies after him saw the light of day. He revolutionized the thinking of the directors in terms of filming and using special effects expansively in their films and thus, movies such as the Star Wars saga as well as the ones in the Indiana Jones Trilogy as well as hundreds or thousands of movies after that became possible.
Richard Edlund has held many prominent posts in the Academy of Motion Pictures. According to him, filmmaking is an art and it should be done with a lot of care and people should treat it as their own children and love it the same way. His revolutionary thoughts and ideas paved the way for future visual effects artists that made possible movies like Avatar, which was entirely supported by it. Thus when we talk of special effects, this is one name we cannot ignore.
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