
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 licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
2025The Alien PerspectiveMovie
2022Splice Here: A Projected OdysseyMovie
2022In Search of TomorrowMovieas Self - Interviewee
2021The Blade Runner PhenomenonMovieas Self - Visual Effects Supervisor (1982)
2020Natalie Wood: What Remains BehindMovieas Self
2019The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the BigfootMovieExecutive Producer
2018Trumbull LandMovieas Self
2018Chesley Bonestell: A Brush with the FutureMovieas Self
2014The Real History of Science FictionTV showas Self · 3 episodes
2013Jodorowsky's DuneMovieas Self - V/FX Artist (archive footage)
2013C 299,792 km/sMovieThanks
2011The Tree of LifeMovieVisual Effects
2007Dangerous Days: Making Blade RunnerMovieas Self
2007Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001Movieas Self
2007Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001Movieas Self
20072001: FX and Early Conceptual ArtworkMovie
2003The Andromeda Strain: Making the FilmMovieas Self
2002Douglas Trumbull: Then and NowMovieas Self
2002'Silent Running' By Director Douglas TrumbullMovieas Self
2001The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'Movieas Self
2001Stanley Kubrick - Ein Leben für den FilmMovieas Self
20012001: The Making of a MythMovieas Self (as Doug Trumbull)
20012001 and BeyondMovieas Self
2000On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'Movieas Self
1993In Search of the ObeliskMovieDirector
1992Back to the Future: The RideMovieDirector
1983BrainstormMovieDirector · Producer
1982Blade RunnerMovieVisual Effects
1979Star Trek: The Motion PictureMovieVisual Effects
1977Close Encounters of the Third KindMovieVisual Effects Supervisor
1973The StarlostTV showExecutive Producer · 2 episodes
1972Silent RunningMovieDirector · Producer
1972The Making of Silent RunningMovieas Self
1971The Andromeda StrainMovieVisual Effects
1968CandyMovieVisual Effects
19682001: A Space OdysseyMovieVisual Effects · Visual Effects Supervisor
1964To the Moon and BeyondMovieVisual Effects
—To Dream Of RosesMovieDirector