Richard Edlund

Career Overview

Richard Edlund has 54 screen credits in a career dating back to 1953. Their work spans 14 cinematic universes — most prominently Star Wars with 3 titles. Signature works include Raiders of the Lost Ark, Star Wars, Die Hard. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Visual Effects

Gender

male

Known Credits

54

Birth Date

1940-12-06

Birth Place

Fargo, North Dakota, USA

Known For

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  Raiders of the Lost Ark
• 

  Star Wars
• 

  Die Hard
• 

  21 Jump Street
• 

  Alien³
• 

  The Empire Strikes Back

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 14 universes

• Star Wars (3 titles)
• Tales from the Crypt Collection (1 titles)
• 21 Jump Street (1 titles)
• Jump Street Collection (1 titles)
• Species (1 titles)
• Alien (1 titles)
• Pee-wee's Collection (1 titles)
• Die Hard (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• Harrison Ford (3 collaborations)
• Peter Diamond (3 collaborations)
• William Hootkins (2 collaborations)
• Terry Richards (2 collaborations)
• Reg Harding (2 collaborations)
• Harry Fielder (2 collaborations)
• Michael Sheard (2 collaborations)
• Mark Hamill (2 collaborations)
• Carrie Fisher (2 collaborations)
• Alec Guinness (2 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (24 credits)

  • Rubberhead: The Life & Monsters of Steve Johnson

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2026
  • The Lost Legacy of Tony Gaudio

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2024
  • Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2020
  • Power of Grayskull: The Definitive History of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe

    Self - Visual Effects Designer / Cinematographer

    actor

    actors
    2017
  • Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2016
  • Star Trek: The Journey to the Silver Screen

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2016
  • Star Wars: Greatest Moments

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2015
  • Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

    Self - Visual Effects Supervisor

    actor

    actors
    2014
  • Toy Masters

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2014
  • The Creep Behind the Camera

    Himself

    actor

    actors
    2014
  • Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2010
  • Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2007
  • Fantastic Voyage: "Making Of"

    actor

    actors
    2005
  • Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2005
  • Restoring a Legend: Gone with the Wind

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2004
  • Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2004
  • Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2003
  • Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1994
  • Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic

    Self - Special Effects Director

    actor

    actors
    1993
  • King Kong 60th Anniversary Special: "It was beauty killed the beast."

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1992
  • The Making of 'Alien³'

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1992
  • 2010 : The Odyssey Continues

    Himself

    actor

    actors
    1984
  • SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1980
  • The Oscars

    - The 50th Annual Academy Awards (1978) ... Self actor actors
    1953

• production (3 credits)

  • The Forever War

    producer

    production
    2026
  • Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight

    producer

    production
    1995
  • Solar Crisis

    producer

    production
    1992

• visual effects (26 credits)

  • Barely Lethal

    visual effects supervisor

    visual effects
    2015
  • Bullet to the Head

    visual effects supervisor

    visual effects
    2012
  • 21 Jump Street

    visual effects supervisor

    visual effects
    2012
  • Charlie Wilson's War

    visual effects supervisor

    visual effects
    2007
  • Bedazzled

    visual effects supervisor

    visual effects
    2000
  • Air Force One

    visual effects supervisor

    visual effects
    1997
  • Species

    visual effects supervisor

    visual effects
    1995
  • Alien³

    visual effects producer

    visual effects
    1992
  • Ghost

    visual effects supervisor

    visual effects
    1990
  • Vibes

    visual effects producer

    visual effects
    1988
  • Big Top Pee-wee

    visual effects producer

    visual effects
    1988
  • Die Hard

    visual effects producer

    visual effects
    1988
  • Leonard Part 6

    visual effects producer

    visual effects
    1987
  • The Monster Squad

    visual effects supervisor

    visual effects
    1987
  • Masters of the Universe

    visual effects supervisor

    visual effects
    1987
  • Solarbabies

    visual effects producer

    visual effects
    1986
  • Legal Eagles

    visual effects supervisor

    visual effects
    1986
  • Big Trouble in Little China

    visual effects producer

    visual effects
    1986
  • Fright Night

    visual effects producer

    visual effects
    1985
  • Ghostbusters

    visual effects

    visual effects
    1984
  • Return of the Jedi

    visual effects

    visual effects
    1983
  • Poltergeist

    visual effects supervisor

    visual effects
    1982
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark

    visual effects supervisor

    visual effects
    1981
  • The Empire Strikes Back

    visual effects

    visual effects
    1980
  • The China Syndrome

    visual effects camera

    visual effects
    1979
  • Star Wars

    visual effects

    visual effects
    1977

• crew (1 credits)

  • The Stepford Wives

    visual effects design consultant

    crew
    2004