Academy Award winning, special effects pioneer and visionary filmmaker, Douglas Trumbull, was one of the Special Photographic Effects Supervisors for ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ (1968). He went on to become the Visual Effects Supervisor for such classics as, ‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind’ (1977), ‘Star Trek: The Motion Picture’ (1979), and ‘Blade Runner’ (1982), each of which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Visual Effects.
Mr. Trumbull directed ‘Silent Running’ (1972), ‘Brainstorm’ (1983), ‘Back to the Future:The Ride’ (1991) and numerous other special format films. He is the recent recipient of an Academy Award in the area of Scientific and Technical Achievement, as well as the International Monitor Award, and American Society of Cinematographers’ Lifetime Achievement Award, for his outstanding contributions in the field of filmmaking.
Douglas is currently involved in the evolution of visual effects using virtual digital sets and electronic cinematography. We are thrilled to have him share his time with the Filmmakers Summit again this year.
