63 - Dennis Muren - ILM VFX Legend - Star Wars Trilogy, Jurassic Park, T2 etc
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I managed to get in contact with ILM VFX legend Dennis Muren. All thanks to a friend who put in a good word for me. Thanks Mark. Dennis and I chatted a couple of weeks ago for about an hour and forty minutes. Rather than ask him the same old tired questions, I really wanted to talk to him about his approach and about some of the VFX sequences I’ve enjoyed the most and how he went about producing them. But of course I had to begin with how it all started for him. I hope you enjoy it. Please share. Here's the link to our "Not Your Average Joe" Kickstarter - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jamiebenning/not-your-average-joe-0
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