Douglas Trumbull
Visual Effects
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Douglas Huntley Trumbull (April 8, 1942, Los Angeles- 7th February 2022 ) is an American film director, special effects supervisor, and inventor. He contributed to, or was responsible for, the special photographic effects of 2001: A Space Odyssey, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Star Trek: The Motion Picture and Blade Runner, and directed the movies Silent Running and Brainstorm. Description above from the Wikipedia article Douglas Trumbull licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
2025The Alien Perspective
2022Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey
2022In Search of Tomorrow
Self - Interviewee
2021The Blade Runner Phenomenon
Self - Visual Effects Supervisor (1982)
2020Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind
Self
2018Chesley Bonestell: A Brush with the Future
Self
2018Trumbull Land
Self
2013Jodorowsky's Dune
Self - V/FX Artist (archive footage)
2007Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
Self
2007Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
Self
20072001: FX and Early Conceptual Artwork
Self
2007Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
Self
2003The Andromeda Strain: Making the Film
Self
2002Douglas Trumbull: Then and Now
Self
2002'Silent Running' By Director Douglas Trumbull
Self
20012001: The Making of a Myth
Self (as Doug Trumbull)
2001The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
Self
2001Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
Self
20012001 and Beyond
Self
2000On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'
Self
1972The Making of Silent Running
Self
