Douglas Trumbull

1942–2022 · American film director, special effects designer

Douglas Hunt Trumbull was an American film director and visual effects supervisor, who pioneered innovative methods in special effects. He created scenes for 2001: A Space Odyssey, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Blade Runner and The Tree of Life, and directed the movies Silent Running and Brainstorm.

Douglas Trumbull, in order

1. 1972 Silent Running: directed, produced
2. 1983 Brainstorm: directed
3. 1991 Back to the Future: The Ride (short film): directed
4. 2001 Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures: acted · directed by Jan Harlan · critics 86%, audiences 89%