- Richard Edlund
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name = Richard Edlund, A.S.C.
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birthdate = birth date and age|1940|12|6
birthplace =Fargo, North Dakota
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occupation = Special effects cinematographer
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academyawards = awd|Visual Effects|1977| awd|Visual Effects|1981|Raiders of the Lost Ark
baftaawards = awd|Best Special Visual Effects|1983|Poltergeist awd|Best Special Visual Effects|1984|Richard Edlund, A.S.C. (born
December 6 1940 ) is a multi-Academy Award-winning US special effects cinematographer.Edlund was born in
Fargo, North Dakota . After first joining the Navy, he developed an interest in experimental film and attended theUSC School of Cinematic Arts in the late 60s. On the strength of a couple of short films he was picked byJohn Dykstra to work as first cameraman at the embryonicIndustrial Light & Magic on the production of the first of the "Star Wars " films for which he shared an Academy Award.Edlund continued to work with Dykstra on "Battlestar Galactica" but was invited back by
George Lucas to work on "The Empire Strikes Back ". Edlund's considerable technical challenge on this film was to optically composite miniatures against a white back ground resulting in a second academy award. Edlund also did distinguished work for Lucas and ILM on "Raiders of the Lost Ark " and "Poltergeist".Following the completion of the original "Star Wars" films with "
Return of the Jedi ", Edlund set up his own effects company, Boss Films, whose credits include "Ghostbusters ".Aside from film-work, Edlund also developed and manufactured the
Pignose portable-style guitar amplifier (co-designed by Wayne Kimball). [ [http://www.pignoseamps.com/?disp=pg&id=story Pignose Amps - The Official Pignose Gorilla Website ] ]References
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*Association for Computing Machinery [http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=1008213.1008230 Video interviews with Richard Edlund]
*Biographical Info from FilmReference.com [http://www.filmreference.com/Writers-and-Production-Artists-De-Edo/Edlund-Richard.html]
*Pignose Amps [http://www.pignoseamps.com/]
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