Douglas Trumbull
- Born
- 8 April 1942
- Died
- 7 February 2022 (aged 79)
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Birth name
- Douglas Huntley Trumbull
- Known for
- Producer
Legendary filmmaker and visual effects pioneer, 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 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. Mr. Trumbull was most recently involved in the evolution of visual effects using virtual digital sets and electronic cinematography.
