Donald Trumbull

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Donald Edmund Trumbull (1909 – 7 June 2004) was a pioneer in the field of motion picture special effects.

The films on which he worked included the following:

• The Wizard of Oz (1939)
• Silent Running (1972)
• Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
• Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977)
• Spaceballs (1987)

He was the father of Douglas Trumbull, with whom he worked on several of these film projects. He died of natural causes at the age of 95 at his daughter's home in Graeagle, California, USA.

[edit] External links

• Obituary of Donald Trumbull (Los Angeles Times)
• Variety Obituarie