John Dykstra(I)

Visual Effects
Producer
Special Effects

John Dykstra was born on 3 June 1947 in Long Beach, California, USA. He is a producer, known for Spider-Man 2 (2004), Lifeforce (1985) and Spider-Man (2002). He is married to Catherine Louise Mccune. They have one child.

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Won 2 Oscars
- 14 wins & 21 nominations total

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Known for

Spider-Man 2

7.5

Visual Effects

2004

Lifeforce

6.1

Visual Effects

1985

Spider-Man

7.4

Visual Effects

2002

Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope

8.6

Visual Effects

1977

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Visual Effects

Argylle
5.6
- Visual Effects Consultant
- 2024
Spider-Man: Lotus
3.1
- production visual effects supervisor
- 2023
Dolittle
5.6
- production visual effects supervisor
- 2020
X-Men: Dark Phoenix
5.7
- production visual effects consultant
- 2019
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
7.6
- production visual effects designer
- 2019
Shazam!
7.0
- additional visual effects supervisor: MPC
- 2019
Ghost in the Shell
6.3
- visual effects supervisor
- 2017
Kong: Skull Island
6.7
- additional visual effects supervisor
- 2017
X-Men: Apocalypse
6.8
- production visual effects designer
- 2016
The Hateful Eight
7.8
- production visual effects designer
- 2015
Seventh Son
5.5
- production visual effects supervisor
- visual effects designer
- 2014
Godzilla
6.4
- additional visual effects designer
- 2014
Django Unchained
8.5
- visual effects designer
- 2012
X-Men: First Class
7.7
- visual effects production designer
- 2011
Inglourious Basterds
8.4
- visual effects designer
- 2009

Producer

Special Effects

Personal details

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Alternative name
- John C. Dykstra
Height
- 6′ 4″ (1.93 m)
Born
- June 3, 1947
- Long Beach, California, USA
Spouse
- Catherine Louise Mccune? - present (1 child)
Children
- Chloe Frances Dykstra
Parents
Relatives
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- 1 Interview

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Trivia
For Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) he designed and built the first computer-controlled motion control system. This system was dubbed the "Dykstraflex."

Quotes
[on becoming a producer on Battlestar Galactica (1978)] It all boils down to who actually does the work, because the titles don't really mean a thing, other than that you can drive your car on the lot, because the producers can drive and everybody else has to have a Teamster.