Richard Edlund
Richard Edlund, ASC (born December 6, 1940) is an American visual effects artist and inventor. He was a founding member of Industrial Light & Magic, having already founded Pignose amplifiers, and later co-founded Boss Film Studios and DuMonde VFX. He has won two Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects (1978, Star Wars; 1982, Raiders of the Lost Ark), two Special Achievement Awards, two Scientific and Technical Awards, and the Medal of Commendation. He is also a recipient of the BAFTA and Emmy Awards. Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Edlund, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
The Oscars
LIGHT & MAGIC
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Star Wars: Greatest Moments
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
Power of Grayskull: The Definitive History of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
Star Trek: The Journey to the Silver Screen
Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible
Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
2010 : The Odyssey Continues
Star Trek: The Journey to the Silver Screen
Toy Masters
The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic
The Creep Behind the Camera
King Kong 60th Anniversary Special: "It was beauty killed the beast."
The Lost Legacy of Tony Gaudio
Restoring a Legend: Gone with the Wind