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John Dykstra

John Dykstra

Known For Visual Effects
Birthday Jun 03, 1947 (78)
Birthplace Long Beach, California, USA
Popularity 0.4 (history)
Updated Aug 10, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 20, 2024
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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 spec ... ial 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Dykstra, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Filmography

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Dolittle

Dolittle

2020

Visual Effects Supervisor

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

2019

Visual Effects Designer

Ghost in the Shell

Ghost in the Shell

2017

Visual Effects Supervisor

Kong: Skull Island

Kong: Skull Island

2017

Visual Effects Supervisor

X-Men: Apocalypse

X-Men: Apocalypse

2016

Visual Effects Designer

Seventh Son

Seventh Son

2014

Visual Effects Designer

X-Men: First Class

X-Men: First Class

2011

Visual Effects Supervisor

Inglourious Basterds

Inglourious Basterds

2009

Visual Effects Designer

Hancock

Hancock

2008

Visual Effects Supervisor, Visual Effects Designer

Spider-Man 2

Spider-Man 2

2004

Visual Effects Supervisor, Visual Effects Designer

Spider-Man

Spider-Man

2002

Visual Effects Supervisor, Visual Effects Designer

Stuart Little

Stuart Little

1999

Senior Visual Effects Supervisor, Second Unit Director

Batman & Robin

Batman & Robin

1997

Visual Effects

Batman Forever

Batman Forever

1995

Visual Effects Supervisor

My Stepmother Is an Alien

My Stepmother Is an Alien

1988

Visual Effects Supervisor

Invaders from Mars

Invaders from Mars

1986

Visual Effects Producer

Lifeforce

Lifeforce

1985

Visual Effects

Caddyshack

Caddyshack

1980

Special Effects Supervisor

Avalanche Express

Avalanche Express

1979

Special Effects

Star Trek: The Motion Picture

Star Trek: The Motion Picture

1979

Visual Effects

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Battlestar Galactica

Battlestar Galactica

1978

Producer

Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

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Sciography

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Jul 16, 2000

The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Nov 05, 2021

The Oscars

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 19, 1953

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