Richard Edlund

Richard Edlund ASC born December 6 1940 is an American visual effects artist and inventor He was a founding member of Industrial Light Magic having already founded Pignose amplifiers and later cofounded 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 two Special Achievement Awards two Scientific and Technical Awards and the Medal of Commendation He is also a recipient of the BAFTA and Emmy Awards Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Edlund licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia