John Dykstra
From Memory Alpha, the free Star Trek reference
(written from a Production point of view)
John Dyksta (born 3 June 1947; age 62) is a special and visual effects artist who served as Special Photographic Effects Supervisor on Star Trek: The Motion Picture, garnering an Academy Award nomination and a Saturn Award win for "Best Special Effects." However, he first acquired fame for his photographic effects work on the original Star Wars, for which he won an Academy Award in 1978. He also earned a special Scientific and Engineering Award from the Academy that same year for his development of the first computer-controlled camera system, known as "Dykstraflex."
Dykstra also worked on the effects for Stuart Little (1999) and the two Spider-Man films (2002 and 2004), earning Academy Award nominations for all three. He also won an Emmy Award for his work on the original Battlestar Galactica series. His other credits include Caddyshack, Lifeforce, My Stepmother is an Alien, Batman Forever, and Batman & Robin.
