FILM DIRECTOR

Douglas Trumbull

1942 - 2022

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Douglas Hunt Trumbull (; April 8, 1942 – February 7, 2022) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Douglas Trumbull is the 1,312th most popular film director (up from 1,335th in 2019), the 9,454th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,996th in 2019) and the 351st most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Douglas Trumbull ranks 1,312 out of 2,041. Before him are Roger Allers, Alan Crosland, Bertrand Bonello, Wally Pfister, Guru Dutt, and Aleksandr Zarkhi. After him are Ismail Merchant, David Koepp, José Padilha, Walter Lassally, Nunnally Johnson, and Michel Brault.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Douglas Trumbull ranks 583. Before him are Juan Carlos Sarnari, Hans-Jürgen Bäumler, Allan Clarke, Robert Costanzo, Joanna Pettet, and Edwin Starr. After him are Peter Tork, Johnny Rivers, Custódio Pinto, David Lange, Asha Parekh, and Herbert Gruber. Among people deceased in 2022, Douglas Trumbull ranks 503. Before him are Yuri Shatunov, Ezekiel Alebua, Bahaa Taher, Wolfgang Fahrian, Alexei Panshin, and Manuel Muñoz. After him are Philip Waruinge, Raffaele La Capria, Shivkumar Sharma, Rex Hartwig, Evert Gunnarsson, and Bernhard Germeshausen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Douglas Trumbull ranks 9,456 out of 20,380. Before him are Jeanette J. Epps (1970), Joe Morello (1928), Mary Carlisle (1914), Happy Rockefeller (1926), Rex Brown (1964), and Little Crow (1810). After him are Ricky Jay (1946), Michael Parenti (1933), Jenni Rivera (1969), Russell Westbrook (1988), Richard Dysart (1929), and Peter Tork (1942).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Douglas Trumbull ranks 351. Before him are Eric Kripke (1974), Julie Taymor (1952), Steve Miner (1951), Roger Allers (1949), Alan Crosland (1894), and Wally Pfister (1961). After him are David Koepp (1963), Nunnally Johnson (1897), Haskell Wexler (1922), Wesley Ruggles (1889), Howard Zieff (1927), and Robert Eggers (1983).

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