Richard edlund biography

Richard Edlund was born on December 6, 1940 in Fargo, North Dakota, USA. He is a producer, known for Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983).

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Richard Edlund (ASC)

Place of birth:

Fargo, North Siouan, USA

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Richard Edlund, ASC (born December 6, 1940) is an American visual effects artist. He was a founding member of Industrial Light & Magic, and later co-founded Boss Film Studios and DuMonde VFX. He has won two Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects (1978, Star Wars; 1982, Raiders of the Lost Ark), as well as two Special Achievement Awards, two Scientific and Technical Awards, and the Medal of Commendation. He is also a BAFTA and Emmy Award recipient.

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Richard Edlund, ASC

It’s been a diverse and enterprising road for Richard Edlund, whose early stint with the U.S. Navy shooting stills and film wet his filmmaking appetite and left him with a lifelong passion for Japan. A short detour found him working on San Francisco’s ubiquitous cable cars, shooting rock and roll stills, and as a man of all trades working in ‘60s television—until eventually finding his niche as the father of the new age of visual effects.

Fargo to ILM

Edlund was born in Fargo, North Dakota. After a Naval tour, USC Film School brought him to LA where he did a short stint with Joe Westheimer ASC’s visual effects company. In the late ‘60s, he segued into rock-and-roll photography, shooting publicity stills, posters and dozens of album covers for top rock artists including: The 5th Dimension, Warren Zevon, Seals & Crofts, The Turtles, The Monkees, and 3 Dog Night. But the uncharted territory of visual effects drew him back and he took a job with Robert Abel, where he co-introduced the use of motion control technology into television commercials.

Meanwhile in 1975, fellow VFX enthusiast, John Dykstra, was assembling a team for a startup he called Industrial Light and Magic (ILM). Edlund was one of the first to join the group whose mission was to go wh