John Dykstra
John Charles Dykstra, A.S.C. (/ˈdaɪkstrə/; born June 3, 1947) is an American special effects artist, a pioneer in developing computers in filmmaking and a recipient of three Academy Awards, among many other awards and prizes. He was one of the original employees of Industrial Light & Magic, the special effects and computer graphics division of Lucasfilm. He is well known as the special effects lead on the original Star Wars, helping bring the original visuals for lightsabers, space battles between X-wings and TIE fighters, and Force powers to the screen. He also led special effects on many other movies, including Batman Forever, Batman & Robin, Stuart Little, X-Men: First Class, Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Dykstra, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography (19)
Dolittle
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Kong: Skull Island
Ghost in the Shell
X-Men: Apocalypse
Seventh Son
X-Men: First Class
Inglourious Basterds
Hancock
Spider-Man 2
Spider-Man
Stuart Little
Batman & Robin
Batman Forever
My Stepmother Is an Alien
Invaders from Mars
Lifeforce
Caddyshack
