Douglas Trumbull

Douglas Trumbull is an American film director and special effects supervisor. 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.

Date of birth:
8th April, 1942
"The technology of the time dictated the way things looked."
― Douglas Trumbull
Topic(s): Technology
"There were IBM logos designed for the film, and there were IBM design consultants working with Kubrick on the layout of the controls and computer screens."
― Douglas Trumbull
Topic(s): Design
"There’s a consistency in my work that pops up independent of the limitations of the technology."
― Douglas Trumbull
Topic(s): Technology
"I honestly believe that the next big leap in immersive technology will be very much like Brainstorm."
― Douglas Trumbull
Topic(s): Technology
"My particular aesthetic of light and color and design wouldn’t change as a result of working with computer graphics rather than with slit scan or miniatures."
― Douglas Trumbull
Topic(s): Design
"IBM was the original contractor for much of the computer interface design on the film."
― Douglas Trumbull
Topic(s): Design

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