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John Dykstra is a Second Unit Director, Visual Effects Designer and Special Effects American born on 3 june 1947 at Long Beach (USA)

John Dykstra

John Dykstra
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Birth name John Charles Dykstra
Nationality USA
Birth 3 june 1947 (76 years) at Long Beach (USA)

John Charles Dykstra, A.S.C. (born June 3, 1947 in Long Beach, California, United States) is a special effects artist and pioneer in the development of the use of computers in filmmaking, responsible for movies such as Star Wars and Spider-Man 2.

Best films

Spider-Man (2002)
(Visual Effects Designer)
Spider-Man 2 (2004)
(Visual Effects Designer)
Hancock (2008)
(Visual Effects Designer)
Kong: Skull Island (2017)
(Visual Effects Supervisor)
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019)
(Visual Effects Designer)
X-Men: First Class (2011)
(Visual Effects Supervisor)

Usually with

Stan Lee
Stan Lee
(3 films)
Zoë Bell
Zoë Bell
(2 films)
Ve Neill
Ve Neill
(3 films)
Sam Raimi
Sam Raimi
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of John Dykstra (18 films)

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Director

Stuart Little, 1h25
Directed by Rob Minkoff
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about children, Transport films, Films about cats, Mise en scène d'un rongeur, Road movies, Mise en scène d'une souris, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Michael J. Fox, Geena Davis, Hugh Laurie, Jonathan Lipnicki, Nathan Lane, Julia Sweeney
Roles Second Unit Director
Rating60% 3.0008053.0008053.0008053.0008053.000805
Eleanor Little (Geena Davis) and Frederick Little (Hugh Laurie) go to the orphanage to adopt a younger brother for their son George (Jonathan Lipnicki). At the orphanage, they meet and fall in love with an anthropomorphic mouse named Stuart (voiced by Michael J. Fox). Despite misgivings from Mrs. Keeper (Julia Sweeney), they adopt Stuart and take him home. However, Stuart is greeted coldly by George, who refuses to acknowledge the mouse as his brother, and the family cat Snowbell (Nathan Lane), who disapproves of having a mouse for a "master".

Visual effects

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood, 2h41
Directed by Martin Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Action, Crime, Western
Themes Films about films
Actors Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, James Marsden, Burt Reynolds, Zoë Bell
Roles Visual Effects Designer
Rating75% 3.7987953.7987953.7987953.7987953.798795
1969, à Hollywood. Le mouvement hippie est à son apogée et se manifeste massivement contre la guerre du Vietnam, toujours en cours. Richard Nixon est élu nouveau président des États-Unis, succédant à Lyndon B. Johnson, tandis que les émeutes de Stonewall débouchent sur un mouvement de lutte pour la libération des personnes LGBT.
Kong: Skull Island, 1h58
Directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Kaiju films, Films about magic and magicians, La préhistoire, Animaux préhistoriques, Films about cephalopods, Films about apes, King Kong films, Giant monster films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, Disaster films
Actors Tom Hiddleston, Brie Larson, Toby Kebbell, Michael Keaton, Jason Mitchell, Corey Hawkins
Roles Visual Effects Supervisor
Rating66% 3.347553.347553.347553.347553.34755
En 1944, alors que la guerre du Pacifique fait rage, deux pilotes s'écrasent sur une île inconnue. L'un est Américain, l'autre est Japonais. Alors qu'ils s'affrontent sur place, ils sont brusquement interrompus par une gigantesque créature.
Ghost in the Shell, 1h46
Directed by Rupert Sanders
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Cyberpunk films, Dystopian films, Anticipation, Robot films
Actors Scarlett Johansson, Pilou Asbæk, Michael Pitt, Takeshi Kitano, Rila Fukushima, Juliette Binoche
Roles Visual Effects Supervisor
Rating62% 3.146153.146153.146153.146153.14615
Dans un futur proche. Le Major Mira Killian est unique en son genre. En effet, il y a un an, cette jeune femme a été sauvée d'un terrible accident en transférant son cerveau dans un corps synthétique aux capacités cybernétiques. À la suite de l'opération, elle a tout oublié de son passé. Elle a ensuite rejoint une unité d'élite anti-terroriste, la section 9, pour lutter aux côtés de Batou contre les plus dangereux criminels. Lorsque sévit une menace d'un nouveau genre, capable de pirater et de contrôler les esprits, le Major s'avère être la seule à pouvoir la combattre. Alors qu'elle s'apprête à affronter ce nouvel ennemi, elle découvre qu'on lui a menti ; sa vie n'a pas été sauvée, mais on la lui a volée. Rien ne l'arrêtera pour découvrir son véritable passé, trouver les responsables et les empêcher de recommencer avec d'autres cobayes.
Seventh Son, 1h42
Directed by Sergueï Bodrov
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Fantastic, Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Films about dragons, Witches in film
Actors Ben Barnes, Jeff Bridges, Julianne Moore, Alicia Vikander, Kit Harington, Olivia Williams
Roles Visual Effects Designer
Rating55% 2.7500552.7500552.7500552.7500552.750055
In a prologue, the witch Mother Malkin is imprisoned in an underground chamber by Gregory, the last of a knightly order known as the Falcons, who have long defended humanity against supernatural threats. Several decades later, Gregory now works as a "Spook," a roving witch hunter.
X-Men: First Class, 2h12
Directed by Matthew Vaughn
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Superhero films, Political films, Alternate history films, Super-héros inspiré de comics, Children's films
Actors James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Rose Byrne, January Jones, Jennifer Lawrence, Oliver Platt
Roles Visual Effects Supervisor
Rating76% 3.846623.846623.846623.846623.84662
In 1944, in a German concentration camp in occupied Poland, Nazi scientist Dr. Klaus Schmidt witnesses a young Erik Lensherr bend a metal gate with his mind when the child is separated from his mother. In his office, Schmidt orders Lensherr to move a coin on his desk, and kills the boy's mother when Lensherr cannot. In grief and anger, Lensherr's magnetic power manifests, killing two guards and destroying the room. Meanwhile, at a mansion in Westchester County, New York, child telepath Charles Xavier meets young shapeshifter Raven, whose natural form is blue-skinned and scaly. Overjoyed to meet someone else "different", he invites her to live with his family as his foster sister.
Inglourious Basterds, 2h33
Directed by Eli Roth, Quentin Tarantino
Origin German
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about religion, Hitler, Films about psychiatry, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism, Alternate history films
Actors Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz, Michael Fassbender, Eli Roth, Diane Kruger, Daniel Brühl
Roles Visual Effects Designer
Rating82% 4.113794.113794.113794.113794.11379
In 1941, SS colonel Hans Landa, the "Jew Hunter", interrogates French dairy farmer Perrier LaPadite as to the whereabouts of the last unaccounted-for Jewish family in the neighborhood. Under threat of continued harassment from the Germans, LaPadite reveals that the Dreyfus family is hidden under the floor. Landa orders SS soldiers to shoot through the floorboards and kill the family. All are killed except Shosanna, who escapes and flees through the field. Landa watches her go, deciding not to shoot her at the last second.
Hancock
Hancock (2008)
, 1h32
Directed by Peter Berg
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Superhero films
Actors Will Smith, Charlize Theron, Jason Bateman, Daeg Faerch, Eddie Marsan, Hayley Marie Norman
Roles Visual Effects Designer
Rating63% 3.1995153.1995153.1995153.1995153.199515
John Hancock (Will Smith) is an alcoholic man with superhero powers, including flight, invulnerability, and super-strength. Though he uses his powers to stop criminals in his current residence of Los Angeles, his activity inadvertently causes millions of dollars in property damage due to his constant intoxication. As a result, he is routinely jeered at the crime scenes. Hancock also ignores court subpoenas from the city of Los Angeles to address the property damage he has caused.
Spider-Man 2, 2h8
Directed by Sam Raimi
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Films about children, Films about computing, Films about spiders, Spider-Man films, Superhero films, Cyberpunk films, Super-héros inspiré de comics, Children's films
Actors Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Alfred Molina, J. K. Simmons, Rosemary Harris
Roles Visual Effects Designer
Rating74% 3.7476453.7476453.7476453.7476453.747645
Peter Parker struggles to balance his crime-fighting duties as Spider-Man with the demands of his normal life. He loses a job, faces financial difficulties, and struggles to attend his physics lectures at Columbia University on time. Estranged from both love interest Mary Jane Watson and best friend Harry Osborn, who intends to seek revenge on Spider-Man for his father Norman's death, Peter additionally discovers his Aunt May is facing foreclosure.
Spider-Man
Spider-Man (2002)
, 2h1
Directed by Sam Raimi
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes L'adolescence, Films about animals, Films about education, Films about children, Films about computing, Films about spiders, Spider-Man films, Superhero films, L'enfance marginalisée, Cyberpunk films, Super-héros inspiré de comics, Children's films, Films about school violence
Actors Tobey Maguire, Willem Dafoe, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Cliff Robertson, J. K. Simmons
Roles Visual Effects Designer
Rating73% 3.6988853.6988853.6988853.6988853.698885
High-school senior Peter Parker visits a genetics laboratory with his friend Harry Osborn and love interest, Mary Jane Watson for a school field trip. There, Peter is bitten on the hand by a genetically engineered "super spider". Shortly after arriving home to his Aunt May and Uncle Ben, he goes unconscious. Meanwhile, Harry's father, scientist Norman Osborn, owner of Oscorp, is attempting to preserve his company's critically important military contract. He experiments on himself with a new but unstable performance-enhancing chemical vapor that increases his speed, strength, and stamina. However, it also drives him insane and he kills his assistant, Mendel Stromm. The next morning, Peter finds that his previously impaired vision has improved and his body has metamorphosized into a more muscular physique. At school, he finds that his body can produce webs and his quickened reflexes let him avoid injury during a confrontation with bully Flash Thompson. Peter discovers he has developed superhuman speed, strength, the ability to stick to surfaces, and a heightened ability to sense danger.
Stuart Little, 1h25
Directed by Rob Minkoff
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about children, Transport films, Films about cats, Mise en scène d'un rongeur, Road movies, Mise en scène d'une souris, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Michael J. Fox, Geena Davis, Hugh Laurie, Jonathan Lipnicki, Nathan Lane, Julia Sweeney
Roles Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
Rating60% 3.0008053.0008053.0008053.0008053.000805
Eleanor Little (Geena Davis) and Frederick Little (Hugh Laurie) go to the orphanage to adopt a younger brother for their son George (Jonathan Lipnicki). At the orphanage, they meet and fall in love with an anthropomorphic mouse named Stuart (voiced by Michael J. Fox). Despite misgivings from Mrs. Keeper (Julia Sweeney), they adopt Stuart and take him home. However, Stuart is greeted coldly by George, who refuses to acknowledge the mouse as his brother, and the family cat Snowbell (Nathan Lane), who disapproves of having a mouse for a "master".
Batman & Robin, 2h5
Directed by Joel Schumacher
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Films about children, Medical-themed films, Batman films, Superhero films, Films about psychiatry, Super-héros inspiré de comics, Films set in psychiatric hospitals, Eco-terrorism in fiction
Actors Michael Paul Chan, John Glover, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Vivica A. Fox, George Clooney, Chris O'Donnell
Roles Visual Effects
Rating38% 1.904481.904481.904481.904481.90448
Batman and Robin fail to stop Mr. Freeze from stealing a cache of diamonds. They learn that Freeze was once a scientist named Victor Fries, who became dependent on a diamond-powered subzero suit following an accident in a cryogenics lab while working to save his wife, Nora, from a terminal illness called MacGregor's Syndrome.
Batman Forever, 2h2
Directed by Joel Schumacher
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Crime
Themes Films about children, Medical-themed films, Batman films, Superhero films, Films about psychiatry, Super-héros inspiré de comics, Films set in psychiatric hospitals
Actors Val Kilmer, Tommy Lee Jones, Jim Carrey, Nicole Kidman, Chris O'Donnell, Michael Gough
Roles Visual Effects Supervisor
Rating54% 2.7002152.7002152.7002152.7002152.700215
In Gotham City, Batman stops a hostage situation in a bank caused by Two-Face, the alter ego of the disfigured former district attorney, Harvey Dent. However, Two-Face escapes. Edward Nygma, a researcher at Wayne Enterprises, develops a device to beam television directly to a person's brain; Bruce Wayne—with whom Nygma is obsessed—rejects the invention, noting that it "raises too many questions", and Nygma angrily resigns from his position after killing his supervisor Fred Stickley, and forging his suicide note and footage. Everybody except Bruce is convinced it was a genuine suicide. During a news report, it shows how Harvey Dent became Two-Face: While he was prosecuting Sal Maroni, Maroni threw acid in Harvey's face; Batman tried to stop him but failed. After meeting Batman-obsessed psychiatrist Dr. Chase Meridian, Bruce invites her to a charity circus event. There, Two-Face and his henchmen storm the event in an attempt to discover Batman's secret identity, and in the process murder The Flying Graysons, a family of acrobats who attempt to stop him. The youngest member, Dick, survives and throws Two-Face's bomb into the river to detonate safely underwater but the rest of the family dies.
My Stepmother Is an Alien, 1h45
Directed by Richard Benjamin
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance, Comic science fiction
Themes Comedy science fiction films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Dan Aykroyd, Kim Basinger, Jon Lovitz, Alyson Hannigan, Joseph Maher, Seth Green
Roles Visual Effects Supervisor
Rating54% 2.7027752.7027752.7027752.7027752.702775
Celeste (Kim Basinger) is an alien sent on a secret mission to Earth and Steven Mills (Dan Aykroyd) is a widowed scientist who is working on different ways to send radio waves into deep space. An accident causes a disruption of gravity on Celeste's home world (Cosine N to the 8th). She's sent to investigate who could affect gravity and how it was done, believing it was an attack. She's aided by an alien device resembling a tentacle with an eye, which hides in a designer purse to aid Celeste with her encounters on Earth. The Bag is able to create any object, such as diamonds and designer dresses almost instantaneously. Celeste crashes a party hosted by Steven's brother Ron (Jon Lovitz) where she immediately draws attention to herself by making dated references to old TV shows and political slogans under the mistaken belief that it was current (her superiors had just collected the information, which had taken 92 years to get from Earth to her home world).
Invaders from Mars, 1h32
Directed by Tobe Hooper
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Adventure, Horror
Themes Space adventure films, Mars in film, Films set in the future, Films about extraterrestrial life, Martiens, Space opera, Films about extraterrestrial life, Alien invasions in films, Disaster films
Actors Karen Black, Hunter Carson, Timothy Bottoms, Laraine Newman, Louise Fletcher, James Karen
Roles Visual Effects Producer
Rating55% 2.7505352.7505352.7505352.7505352.750535
On the night of a meteor shower, young David Gardner sees an alien spacecraft land in a sand quarry behind his house. This is the beginning of an alien invasion that sees David's parents (George and Ellen Gardner), his teachers and the townspeople slowly assimilated by the alien life forms, returning with less emotions. The only one who believes David is the school nurse, Linda Magnuson. Together, David and Linda enlist the aid of the U.S. Marines to help save the world. The film ends when David realizes that everything that has happened was a dream. He tells his parents what happened, and wonders if his dream will become a nightmare, especially when the alien spacecraft begins to land, and David witnesses something that terrifies him so much that he begins screaming, but remains unseen to the audience.