Richard Edlund, ASC established his reputation winning four Oscars for the visual effects in Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and Return of the Jedi, with a nomination for Poltergeist.

He has received six additional Oscar nominations, three Academy Scientific and Engineering Awards, an Emmy, and two BAFTA Awards.
In 1983, Edlund founded a VFX company called Boss Film Studios, which produced effects for thirty-plus movies, including Ghostbusters, 2010, Die Hard, Ghost, Poltergeist 2, Cliffhanger, Batman Returns, Alien3, Species, Multiplicity and Air Force One, achieving ten Academy Award nominations. Following Boss, Edlund supervised Bedazzled, Angels in America, The Stepford Wives, and Charlie Wilson’s War.
Edlund is a Governor of the Academy and chairman of its Scientific & Technical Awards Committee. He was chairman of their VFX Branch for its first eleven years. He is also serving on the boards of the ASC and the VES. Recently, Richard was honored with The Academy’s A. Bonner Medal of Commendation and the ASC’s Presidents Award.