Acting credits
14
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
John Dykstra
Visual Effects
Career Snapshot
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1.2
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Movies: 32Series: 3Crew credits: 21
TMDB ID: 20925
IMDb ID: nm0004375
Known for: Visual Effects
Born: June 3, 1947
Age: 78
Place of birth: Long Beach, California, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1953 - 2022
Years active: 70
Average TMDB rating: 6.45
Wikidata: Q568245
Also known as
John Charles Dykstra • John C. Dykstra
Other jobs
Visual Effects Designer (8)Visual Effects Supervisor (5)Visual Effects (3)Producer (1)Second Unit Director (1)Special Effects (1)Special Effects Supervisor (1)Visual Effects Producer (1)
Biography
John Charles Dykstra, A.S.C. (/ˈdaɪkstrə/; born June 3, 1947) is an American special effects artist, a pioneer in developing computers in filmmaking and a recipient of three Academy Awards, among many other awards and prizes. He was one of the original employees of Industrial Light & Magic, the special effects and computer graphics division of Lucasfilm. He is well known as the special effects lead on the original Star Wars, helping bring the original visuals for lightsabers, space battles between X-wings and TIE fighters, and Force powers to the screen. He also led special effects on many other movies, including Batman Forever, Batman & Robin, Stuart Little, X-Men: First Class, Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with John Dykstra.
6.6
Dolittle
Visual Effects Supervisor
2020 Movie
7.4
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Visual Effects Designer
2019 Movie
6.1
Ghost in the Shell
Visual Effects Supervisor
2017 Movie
6.6
Kong: Skull Island
Visual Effects Supervisor
2017 Movie
6.5
X-Men: Apocalypse
Visual Effects Designer
2016 Movie
5.5
Seventh Son
Visual Effects Designer
2014 Movie
8.0
Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class
as Self
2011 Movie
7.3
X-Men: First Class
Visual Effects Designer
2011 Movie
6.7
Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible
as Self
2010 Movie
8.2
Inglourious Basterds
Visual Effects Designer
2009 Movie
6.4
Hancock
Visual Effects Designer
2008 Movie
6.0
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
as Self
2007 Movie
4.5
Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
as Self
2006 Movie
7.0
Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon
as Self
2006 Movie
7.0
The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz
as Self
2005 Movie
8 Arms to Hold You
as Self
2004 Movie
7.3
Spider-Man 2
Visual Effects Designer
2004 Movie
7.3
Spider-Man
Visual Effects Designer
2002 Movie
5.6
Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'
as Self
2002 Movie
6.1
Stuart Little
Second Unit Director
1999 Movie
Stuart Little: Making It Big
as Self
1999 Movie
4.4
Batman & Robin
Visual Effects
1997 Movie
5.5
Batman Forever
Visual Effects Supervisor
1995 Movie
7.0
Riddle Me This: Why Is Batman Forever?
as Self - Visual Effects Supervisor
1995 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with John Dykstra.
