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Douglas Trumbull is a Actor, Director, Producer and Visual Effects American born on 8 april 1942 at Los Angeles (USA)

Douglas Trumbull

Douglas Trumbull
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Nationality USA
Birth 8 april 1942 at Los Angeles (USA)
Death 7 february 2022 (at 79 years)

Douglas Huntley Trumbull (born April 8, 1942) 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, Blade Runner and The Tree of Life, and directed the movies Silent Running and Brainstorm.

Biography

Fils d'un opérateur des effets visuels ayant opéré sur Le Magicien d'Oz, Douglas Trumbull attire l'attention de Stanley Kubrick grâce à ses premiers travaux avec la NASA et le réalisateur Con Pederson. Kubrick l'engage dès lors pour la réalisation des effets spéciaux de son film 2001, l'Odyssée de l'espace. Entre autres techniques qu'il met au point pour le film, Trumbull adapte le Slit-scan (technique mécanique permettant d'obtenir des animations psychédéliques) pour ce film. Ensuite, en 1971, il réalise son premier long métrage, le film Silent Running, sur lequel il utilise un certain nombre de techniques visuelles et mécaniques développées pour 2001 mais non utilisés. Les critiques acclament Silent Running mais le public ne suit pas, certainement en raison d'une mauvaise publicité.

À la fin des années 1970 Trumbull travaille sur les effets spéciaux des films Rencontres du troisième type (1977) et Star Trek, le film (1979). En 1981, il est superviseur des effets visuels sur le film Blade Runner (sorti en salles, aux États-Unis, en 1982).

En 1983, il réalise un deuxième long métrage de science-fiction, Brainstorm. Pour ce film, il invente le procédé Showscan; ce système a pour effet d’améliorer très sensiblement la netteté et la luminosité de l’image et d’accroître de façon spectaculaire le sentiment de réalité et de profondeur. Mais malheureusement, le film est entaché par la mort de Natalie Wood et a très peu de succès au cinéma.

Aujourd'hui, il développe des systèmes visuels et mécaniques pour les parcs tels qu'Universal Studios avec des attractions comme Retour vers le futur ou Star Tours (à Disneyland).

Il a été nommé cinq fois aux Oscars et a reçu un Life-time achievement Oscar (récompense octroyée pour l'ensemble d'une carrière artistique). Le génie et le talent de Douglas Trumbull sont aujourd'hui reconnus et les films de science-fiction qu'il a réalisés sont considérés comme des modèles du genre.

Best films

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
(Visual Effects Director)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
(Visual Effects)
The Tree of Life (2011)
(Visual Effects)
Blade Runner (1982)
(Visual Effects)

Usually with

Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Douglas Trumbull (13 films)

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Actor

Jodorowsky's Dune, 1h30
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Documentary
Themes Films about films, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentary films about films
Actors Alejandro Jodorowsky, Michel Seydoux, Nicolas Winding Refn, Brontis Jodorowsky, Amanda Lear, Richard Stanley
Roles Self (Archival Footage)
Rating79% 3.998233.998233.998233.998233.99823
Au début des années 1970, après les succès en Europe des films El Topo et La Montagne sacrée, le producteur français Michel Seydoux propose au réalisateur Alejandro Jodorowsky de produire son prochain film, lui laissant carte blanche. Jodorowsky se lance alors dans son projet le plus ambitieux : l'adaptation du roman Dune de Frank Herbert, qu'il n'a pas lu au départ, donnant par hasard le nom de cette œuvre à Seydoux car il en a entendu du bien par un ami. Mais, stimulé par le roman, il souhaite en faire une expérience spirituelle qui changera la vision des spectateurs, ce projet devenant pour lui un idéal mystique et conceptuel, du fait notamment de la présence dans le roman de l'épice, qu'il relie avec les excès de son époque (utilisation du LSD par les hippies, etc.).
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures, 2h22
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about films, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentaire sur une personnalité
Actors Stanley Kubrick, Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Alexander Singer, Paul Mazursky, Christiane Kubrick
Roles Self
Rating79% 3.9943353.9943353.9943353.9943353.994335
Un documentaire sur l'univers mystérieux d'un des génies du septième art avec en voix off Tom Cruise. Inspiré des archives de la famille Kubrick, ce long métrage dresse le portrait intimiste d'une figure de légende à travers des images fascinantes (Stanley Kubrick à ses débuts, sur les plateaux de tournage et dans la vie privée) et commentées par ses collaborateurs, collègues et amis. Depuis ses choix musicaux jusqu'à ses angles de caméra en passant par ses projets restés inachevés, il s'agit d'un document essentiel à la compréhension de l'homme et de ses oeuvres.
Back to the Future... The Ride, 32minutes
Directed by Douglas Trumbull
Origin USA
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles
Actors Christopher Lloyd, Thomas F. Wilson, Darlene Vogel, Douglas Trumbull, Frank Welker, Michael J. Fox
Roles Institute Scientist
Rating79% 3.9899753.9899753.9899753.9899753.989975
Première vidéo de présentation Tour

Director

Brainstorm
Brainstorm (1983)
, 1h46
Directed by Douglas Trumbull
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic
Actors Christopher Walken, Natalie Wood, Louise Fletcher, Cliff Robertson, Alan Fudge, Joe Dorsey
Rating63% 3.1981353.1981353.1981353.1981353.198135
A team of scientists invents a brain/computer interface that allows sensations to be recorded from a person's brain and converted to tape so that others may experience them. The team includes estranged husband and wife Michael and Karen Brace, as well as Michael's colleague Lillian Reynolds. At CEO Alex Terson's instruction, the team demonstrates the device to investors in order to gain financing.
Silent Running, 1h29
Directed by Douglas Trumbull
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Adventure
Themes Environmental films, Space adventure films, Post-apocalyptic films, Dans l'espace, Films set in the future, Political films, Dystopian films, Space opera, Robot films
Actors Bruce Dern, Cliff Potts, Ron Rifkin, Jesse Vint, Joseph Campanella, Roy Engel
Rating65% 3.29823.29823.29823.29823.2982
In the future all plant life on Earth has become extinct. A few specimens have been preserved in enormous, greenhouse-like geodesic domes attached to a fleet of American Airlines space freighters, currently just outside the orbit of Saturn. Freeman Lowell (Bruce Dern), one of four crewmen aboard the Valley Forge, is the resident botanist and ecologist who carefully preserves a variety of plants for their eventual return to Earth and the reforestation of the planet. Lowell spends most of his time in the domes, both cultivating the crops and attending to the animal life.

Producer

The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot, 1h38
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Hitler
Actors Sam Elliott, Aidan Turner, Caitlin Fitzgerald, Ron Livingston, Sean Bridgers, Ellar Coltrane
Roles Executive Producer
Rating56% 2.8459452.8459452.8459452.8459452.845945
Pendant les années 80, un vieil homme, Calvin Barr (Sam Elliott), vit ses derniers jours dans sa ville natale, avec son chien. Barr se souvient de son passé pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, alors qu'il servait en tant que soldat des forces spéciales pendant une mission pour assassiner Adolf Hitler; il réussit sa mission, mais l'opération fut classée secrète et ne fut jamais révélée au grand public. Barr continue ses activités quotidiennes, en particulier rendre visite au salon de coiffure de son frère Ed (Larry Miller), quand il tient tête à un gang de voyous qui essaye de voler sa voiture et est suivi par de mystérieux hommes dans une voiture du gouvernement.
Brainstorm
Brainstorm (1983)
, 1h46
Directed by Douglas Trumbull
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic
Actors Christopher Walken, Natalie Wood, Louise Fletcher, Cliff Robertson, Alan Fudge, Joe Dorsey
Roles Producer
Rating63% 3.1981353.1981353.1981353.1981353.198135
A team of scientists invents a brain/computer interface that allows sensations to be recorded from a person's brain and converted to tape so that others may experience them. The team includes estranged husband and wife Michael and Karen Brace, as well as Michael's colleague Lillian Reynolds. At CEO Alex Terson's instruction, the team demonstrates the device to investors in order to gain financing.
Silent Running, 1h29
Directed by Douglas Trumbull
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Adventure
Themes Environmental films, Space adventure films, Post-apocalyptic films, Dans l'espace, Films set in the future, Political films, Dystopian films, Space opera, Robot films
Actors Bruce Dern, Cliff Potts, Ron Rifkin, Jesse Vint, Joseph Campanella, Roy Engel
Roles Producer
Rating65% 3.29823.29823.29823.29823.2982
In the future all plant life on Earth has become extinct. A few specimens have been preserved in enormous, greenhouse-like geodesic domes attached to a fleet of American Airlines space freighters, currently just outside the orbit of Saturn. Freeman Lowell (Bruce Dern), one of four crewmen aboard the Valley Forge, is the resident botanist and ecologist who carefully preserves a variety of plants for their eventual return to Earth and the reforestation of the planet. Lowell spends most of his time in the domes, both cultivating the crops and attending to the animal life.

Visual effects

The Tree of Life, 2h19
Directed by Terrence Malick
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy
Themes Films about families, Philosophie, Films about religion, Children's films
Actors Sean Penn, Brad Pitt, Jessica Chastain, Tye Sheridan, Fiona Shaw, Kari Matchett
Roles Visual Effects
Rating67% 3.399453.399453.399453.399453.39945
The film begins with a quotation from the Book of Job: "Where were you when I laid the foundations of the Earth?... When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?"
Blade Runner, 1h56
Directed by Ridley Scott
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller
Themes Films about altered memories, Environmental films, Films about computing, Medical-themed films, Films based on science fiction novels, Films set in the future, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Political films, Films based on works by Philip K. Dick, Cyberpunk films, Dystopian films, Anticipation, Robot films, Disaster films
Actors Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, M. Emmet Walsh, Edward James Olmos, Daryl Hannah
Roles Visual Effects
Rating80% 4.0486654.0486654.0486654.0486654.048665
In Los Angeles, November 2019, retired police officer Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) is detained by officer Gaff (Edward James Olmos) and brought to his former supervisor, Bryant (M. Emmet Walsh). Deckard, whose job as a "Blade Runner" was to track down bioengineered beings known as replicants and destroy them, is informed that four have come to Earth illegally. As Tyrell Corporation Nexus-6 models, they have only a four-year lifespan and may have come to Earth to try to extend their lives.
Star Trek: The Motion Picture, 2h6
Directed by Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, Robert Wise, Stephen Collins, Gene Roddenberry, Persis Khambatta
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action, Adventure
Themes Space adventure films, Dans l'espace, Films set in the future, Films about extraterrestrial life, Political films, Space opera, Films about extraterrestrial life, Robot films
Actors William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols
Roles Visual Effects
Rating64% 3.2007953.2007953.2007953.2007953.200795
In 2273, a Starfleet monitoring station, Epsilon Nine, detects an alien force, hidden in a massive cloud of energy, moving through space towards Earth. The cloud destroys three of the Klingon Empire's new K't'inga-class warships and the monitoring station en route. On Earth, the starship Enterprise is undergoing a major refit; her former commanding officer, James T. Kirk, has been promoted to Admiral and works in San Francisco as Chief of Starfleet Operations. Starfleet dispatches Enterprise to investigate the cloud entity as the ship is the only one in intercept range, requiring her new systems to be tested in transit.
Close Encounters of the Third Kind, 2h9
Directed by Steven Spielberg
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Adventure
Themes Space adventure films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Space opera, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Richard Dreyfuss, François Truffaut, Melinda Dillon, Teri Garr, Bob Balaban, Cary Guffey
Roles Visual Effects Director
Rating75% 3.798123.798123.798123.798123.79812
In the Sonoran Desert, French scientist Claude Lacombe (François Truffaut) and his American interpreter, mapmaker David Laughlin, along with other government scientific researchers, discover Flight 19, a squadron of Grumman TBM Avengers that went missing more than 30 years earlier. The planes are intact and operational, but there is no sign of the pilots. An old man who witnessed the event claimed "the sun came out at night, and sang to him." They also find a lost cargo ship in the Gobi Desert named SS Cotopaxi. At an air traffic control center in Indianapolis, a controller listens as two airline flights narrowly avoid a mid-air collision with an apparent unidentified flying object (UFO), which neither pilot chooses to report, even when invited to do so. In Muncie, Indiana, 3-year-old Barry Guiler is awakened in the night when his toys start operating on their own. Fascinated, he gets out of bed and discovers something or someone (off-screen) in the kitchen. He runs outside, forcing his mother, Jillian, to chase after him.
The Andromeda Strain, 2h11
Directed by Robert Wise, James Fargo
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller
Themes Medical-themed films, Films based on science fiction novels, Films about viral outbreaks, Disaster films, American disaster films
Actors Arthur Hill, James Olson, Kate Reid, David Wayne, Paula Kelly, George Mitchell
Roles Visual Effects
Rating71% 3.5989453.5989453.5989453.5989453.598945
Two crewmembers of the U.S. government's "Project Scoop" investigate the town of Piedmont, New Mexico, to retrieve the Scoop 7 satellite. They find townspeople dead in the streets and die themselves while reporting back to Scoop Mission Control. Suspecting the satellite may have brought back an extraterrestrial pathogen, Scoop Mission Control activates an elite scientific team it had previously recruited for just this type of emergency.
2001: A Space Odyssey, 2h36
Directed by Stanley Kubrick
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Social science fiction, Adventure
Themes Space adventure films, Films about computing, Films about music and musicians, Philosophie, La préhistoire, Dans l'espace, Sur la Lune, Films based on science fiction novels, Films set in the future, Films about classical music and musicians, Dystopian films, Space opera, Sur la Lune, Robot films
Actors Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, Douglas Rain, Leonard Rossiter, Margaret Tyzack
Roles Visual Effects
Rating82% 4.148274.148274.148274.148274.14827
In an African desert millions of years ago, a tribe of man-apes is driven from their water hole by a rival tribe. They wake to find a featureless black monolith has appeared before them. One man-ape realizes how to use a bone as a tool and weapon; the tribe kills the leader of their rivals and reclaims the water hole.