John Dykstra Biography (1947-)

Full name, John C. Dykstra; born June 3, 1947, in Long Beach, CA; married Cass McCune, September 15, 1996. Addresses: Agent: The Gersh Agency, P.O.Box 25617, Beverly Hills, CA 90210.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Special effects designer, visual effects, recordist, director, producer
Birth Details: June 3, 1947; Long Beach, California, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Work
Special effects designer and special photographic effects, Silent Running, Universal, 1972
Special effects designer, special effects cinematographer, and special photographic effects supervisor, Star Wars (also known as Star Wars:Episode IV: A New Hope), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1977
Special effects designer, special effects supervisor, and producer, Battlestar Galactica, Universal, 1978
Special miniature effects designer, Avalanche Express, Twentieth Century- Fox, 1979
Special photographic effects supervisor, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Paramount, 1979
Special effects designer, Caddyshack, Warner Bros., 1980
Special effects designer (with Robert Shepherd, Roger Dorney, and Al Miller) and special visual effects producer, Firefox, Warner Bros., 1982
Special effects designer (with John Grant) and special visual effects, Lifeforce, TriStar, 1985
Special effects designer and second unit director, Invaders from Mars, Cannon, 1986
Special visual effects designer, Mac and Me, Orion, 1988
Special visual effects supervisor, My Stepmother Is an Alien, Columbia, 1988
Special effects director, The Unholy, Vestron, 1988
Special creative consultant, Spontaneous Combustion, Taurus, 1989
Visual effects head supervisor, Batman Forever (also known as Forever), Warner Bros., 1995
Visual effects, Batman & Robin, Warner Bros., 1997
Visual effects, Contact, Warner Bros., 1997
Foley recordist, The Assignment, 1997

Foley recordist, Little Men, 1998
Senior visual effects supervisor and second unit director, Stuart Little, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 1999
Foley recordist, The Highwayman, Sterling Home Entertainment, 1999
Foley recordist, A Friday Night Date (also known as Road Rage), 2000
Automatic dialogue replacement recordist, Going Back, 2001
Special effects supervisor and visual effects supervisor, Spider-Man, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 2002
Television Work
Special effects and producer, Battlestar Galactica (pilot), ABC, 1978
Special effects designer, visual effects supervisor, and producer, Battlestar Galactica (series), ABC, 1978-1980
Special effects, Galactica 1980 (also known as Battlestar Galactica; series), 1980
Special effects designer, Return of the Six Million Dollar Man and theBionic Woman II (pilot), NBC, 1989
Special effects designer, Starflight One: The Plane That Couldn't Land (movie), ABC, 1983
Special visual effects, Alice in Wonderland (miniseries), 1985
Effects supervisor (Canada), Amerika (miniseries), 1987
Special effects supervisor, Out on a Limb (miniseries), 1987
Special effects, Something Is Out There (series), 1988
Special effects, Shivers (special), 1989
Assistance, The Astronomer (also known as Triple Play II; special), PBS, 1991
Television Appearances
Specials
Masters of Fantasy: Joel Schumacher, Sci-Fi Channel, 1997
RECORDINGS
Video Games
Director, Sewer Shark, 1992
WRITINGS
Contributions to Periodicals
"Directing Effects," Back Stage, 4 19, 1985

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, Volume 4: Writers and Production Artists, St. James Press, 1996

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