Douglas Trumbull

Douglas Trumbull

1942-04-08 Los Angeles, California, USA 39 Credits

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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  license...

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The Alien Perspective

The Alien Perspective

2025

7.0
Acting

Discover the UFO phenomenon like never before, with insights from NASA, CNES, Oxford, compelling firsthand witnesses, and even the possible viewpoint ...

Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey

Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey

2022

Acting

A 'cine-ramic' roller-coaster ride through the rise, fall and re-birth of projected film.

In Search of Tomorrow

In Search of Tomorrow

2022

as Self - Interviewee

6.5
Acting

A nostalgic journey through ’80s Sci-Fi-films, exploring their impact and relevance today, told by the artists who made them and by those who were ins...

The Blade Runner Phenomenon

The Blade Runner Phenomenon

2021

as Self - Visual Effects Supervisor (1982)

6.9
Acting

Ridley Scott's cult film Blade Runner, based on a novel by Philip K. Dick and released in 1982, is one of the most influential science fiction films e...

Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind

Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind

2020

as Self

6.4
Acting

Explore the personal and professional triumphs and challenges of actor Natalie Wood, which have often been overshadowed by her premature death.

The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot

The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot

2019

Executive Producer

5.4
Producing

Decades after serving in WWII and assassinating Adolf Hitler, a legendary American war veteran must now hunt down the fabled Bigfoot.

Trumbull Land

Trumbull Land

2018

as Self

7.5
Acting

Everyone has seen a Trumbull sequence in Stanley Kubrick's "2001 A Space Odyssey", Ridley Scott's "Blade Runner" or Steven Spielberg's "Close Encounte...

Chesley Bonestell: A Brush with the Future

Chesley Bonestell: A Brush with the Future

2018

as Self

8.5
Acting

Long before satellites would journey to planets and deep-space telescopes would photograph distant galaxies, there was an artist whose dazzling vision...

UFOTOG

2014

Director, Writer

6.5
Directing Writing

A man sets out to photograph UFOs in a scientifically verifiable manner only to get more than he bargained for. Shot by acclaimed visual effects maste...

Jodorowsky's Dune

Jodorowsky's Dune

2013

as Self (archive footage)

7.8
Acting

Shot in France, England, Switzerland and the United States, this documentary covers director Alejandro Jodorowsky (El Topo, Holy Mountain, Santa Sangr...

C 299,792 km/s

C 299,792 km/s

2013

Thanks

9.3

This film is the story of an idealistic flight officer who hijacks her spaceship during an interplanetary cold war, and attempts to escape our solar s...

Exploring 'The Tree of Life'

2011

as Self

6.5
Acting

A documentary on Terrence Malick and the making of his film "The Tree of Life."

The Tree of Life

The Tree of Life

2011

Visual Effects

6.7

The impressionistic story of a Texas family in the 1950s. The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhoo...

Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner

Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner

2007

as Self

7.9
Acting

The definitive 3½-hour documentary about the troubled creation and enduring legacy of the science fiction classic 'Blade Runner', culled from 80 inter...

Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001

Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001

2007

as Self

6.0
Acting

This documentary about "2001: A Space Odyssey" looks at some of the things that seemed fanciful in 1968, which don't seem quite as much anymore.

2001: FX and Early Conceptual Artwork

2001: FX and Early Conceptual Artwork

2007

as Self

Acting

Overview of the visual effects of 2001: A Space Odyssey.

The Andromeda Strain: Making the Film

The Andromeda Strain: Making the Film

2003

as Self

6.0
Acting

The making of "The Andromeda Strain".

Douglas Trumbull: Then and Now

Douglas Trumbull: Then and Now

2002

as Self

Acting

Mr. Trumbull discusses his history and ideas of creating innovative technologies for the cinematic industry.

'Silent Running' By Director Douglas Trumbull

'Silent Running' By Director Douglas Trumbull

2002

as Self

Acting

Douglas Trumbull does a true deep dive into the making of the movie.

The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'

The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'

2001

as Self

6.9
Acting

A documentary film on the making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'

Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures

Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures

2001

as Self

7.4
Acting

With commentary from Hollywood stars, outtakes from his movies and footage from his youth, this documentary looks at Stanley Kubrick's life and films....

2001: The Making of a Myth

2001: The Making of a Myth

2001

as Self (as Doug Trumbull)

6.5
Acting

The making of Stanley Kubrick's classic space epic, presented by James Cameron, including unseen footage.

2001 and Beyond

2001 and Beyond

2001

as Self

Acting

Author Arthur C. Clarke and the cast and crew of Stanley Kubrick's 1968 masterpiece "2001: A Space Odyssey" star in this documentary, released in the ...

On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'

On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'

2000

as Self

7.2
Acting

This is the rare UK Channel 4 documentary about Blade Runner, giving insights into it's history with interviews of Ridley Scott, the writers and nearl...

In Search of the Obelisk

In Search of the Obelisk

1993

Director

Directing

In Search of the Obelisk is the first part of a three part interactive 'show' that played at the Luxor Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. In Search of th...

Back to the Future: The Ride

Back to the Future: The Ride

1991

Director

4.5
Directing

Visitors to the Institute of Future Technology enter what they believe to be a tour of the facilities, but instead get involved in a chase through tim...

Brainstorm

Brainstorm

1983

Director, Producer

6.2
Directing Producing

Two brilliant research scientists have invented a device capable of recording and playing back sensory experiences only to have devastating results wh...

New Magic

1983

Director

6.0
Directing

See the full spectrum of the Showscan process. Magic sequences, special effects, miniature photography, high speed thrills and suspense.

Blade Runner

Blade Runner

1982

Visual Effects

7.9

In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have ...

Star Trek: The Motion Picture

Star Trek: The Motion Picture

1979

Visual Effects

6.5

When an unidentified alien destroys three powerful Klingon cruisers, Captain James T. Kirk returns to the newly transformed U.S.S. Enterprise to take ...

Night of Dreams

1978

Director

Directing

Fantasies become nightmares and dreams become reality in the spellbinding story of a young boy and his family.

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

1977

Visual Effects Director

7.3
Directing

After an encounter with UFOs, an electricity linesman feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is abou...

Silent Running

Silent Running

1972

Director, Producer

6.4
Directing Producing

After the entire flora goes extinct, ecologist Lowell maintains a greenhouse aboard a space station for the future with his android companions. Howeve...

The Making of Silent Running

The Making of Silent Running

1972

as Self

6.0
Acting

An on-set documentary about the making of the classic science fiction film 'Silent Running'.

The Andromeda Strain

The Andromeda Strain

1971

Visual Effects

7.0

When virtually all of the residents of Piedmont, New Mexico, are found dead after the return to Earth of a space satellite, the head of the US Air For...

Candy

Candy

1968

Visual Effects

5.2

A high school girl encounters a variety of kookie characters and humorous sexual situations while searching for the meaning of life.

2001: A Space Odyssey

2001: A Space Odyssey

1968

Visual Effects, Visual Effects Supervisor

8.1

Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world's most advan...

To the Moon and Beyond

1964

Visual Effects

Traveling from Earth to an overall view of the universe, then zooming down to the atomic scale. Produced and exhibited at the 1964-1965 New York World...

The Reality Trip

The Reality Trip

N/A

as self

Acting

Documentary celebrating the centenary of cinema which looks at how technological innovations - from widescreen to 3D, Cinerama to Showscan and IMAX - ...