What is Douglas Trumbull?
{{Infobox person | name = Douglas Trumbull | image = Douglas Trumbull FMX 2012.jpg | caption = Trumbull at the annual [[#FMX|FMX Conference]] in 2012 | birth_name = Douglas Hunt Trumbull | birth_date = {{birth date|1942|4|8}} | birth_place = [[Los Angeles|Los Angeles, California]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2022|2|7|1942|4|8}} | death_place = [[Albany, New York]], U.S. | occupation = Film director, producer, writer, [[special effects supervisor]] | nationality = American | father = [[Donald Trumbull]] }} '''Douglas Hunt Trumbull''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|t|r|ʌ|m|b|əl}}; April 8, 1942 – February 7, 2022) was an American movie director, special effects supervisor, and inventor.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://patents.justia.com/inventor/douglas-trumbull|title = Douglas Trumbull Inventions, Patents and Patent Applications - Justia Patents Search}}</ref> He was known for his special photographic effects of ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey (movie)|2001: A Space Odyssey]]'', ''[[Close Encounters of the Third Kind]]'', ''[[Star Trek: The Motion Picture]]'', ''[[Blade Runner]]'' and ''[[The Tree of Life (movie)|The Tree of Life]]''. He directed the movies ''[[Silent Running]]'' and ''[[Brainstorm (1983 movie)|Brainstorm]]''.<ref name=nyt>{{cite web|title=Douglas Trumbull|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/person/88121/Douglas-Trumbull|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071105050627/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/88121/Douglas-Trumbull|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 5, 2007|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=[[The New York Times]]|year=2007|access-date=September 30, 2013}}</ref> Trumbull was born in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]. In 1979, he won a [[Saturn Award]]. Trumbull died at a hospital in [[Albany, New York]] on February 7, 2022 from a [[stroke]] caused by [[brain cancer]] at the age of 79.<ref>{{cite web|last=Dagan|first=Carmel|title=Douglas Trumbull, Who Pioneered VFX on ‘2001,’ ‘Blade Runner’ and ‘Close Encounters,’ Dies at 79|url=https://variety.com/2022/f