Douglas Trumbull, ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ Effects Pioneer, Dies At 79

Douglas Trumbull poses with the Film Vision Award Pardo at the 66th Locarno International Film Festival in Locarno, Switzerland on Aug. 14, 2013. Trumbull, a visual effects master who showed movie audiences indelible images of the future and of space in films like “2001: A Space Odyssey,” “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” and “Blade Runner,” died Monday, Feb. 7, 2022, of complications from mesothelioma. He was 79. (AP Photo/Keystone, Urs Flueeler, File) via Associated Press Douglas Trumbull, a visual effects master who showed movie audiences indelible images of the future and of space in films like “2001: A Space… Read Full Article