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Douglas Hunt Trumbull (/ ˈ t r ʌ m b əl /; April 8, 1942 – February 7, 2022) was an American film director and visual effects supervisor, who pioneered innovative methods in special effects.
Feb 11, 2022 · Douglas Trumbull’s affinity for vivid visual effects led him to conceive ways to produce films with a format that more closely approached reality.
Douglas Trumbull was a legendary filmmaker and visual effects pioneer who worked on classics like 2001: A Space Odyssey, Blade Runner, and Star Trek: The Motion Picture. He died in 2022 at the age of 79 after a long career in film and special format films.
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Feb 8, 2022 · Trumbull died Monday after a “major two-year battle with cancer, a brain tumor and a stroke,” his daughter Amy announced on Facebook. She told The Hollywood Reporter that...
- Rhett Bartlett
Feb 15, 2022 · Douglas Trumbull, the pioneering, pre-digital, effects wizard who brought to life the impossible landscapes in 2001, A Space Odyssey, Blade Runner and Star Trek: The Motion Picture has...
- Bob Mondello
Feb 8, 2022 · Douglas Trumbull, the legendary visual effects pioneer who worked in 2001: A Space Odyssey and Blade Runner, has died at the age of 79.
Feb 8, 2022 · Trumbull created groundbreaking effects for sci-fi classics like "2001," "Blade Runner" and "Close Encounters." He also invented innovative film tools and technologies, such as Showscan and Hypercinema, and worked on IMAX and "Back to the Future: The Ride."
