Donald Trumbull

Donald Edmund Trumbull (May 27, 1909 – June 7, 2004) was an American pioneer in the field of motion picture special effects.

Trumbull was born in Chicago, Illinois. He was the father of Douglas Trumbull, with whom he worked on several of these film projects. Trumbull died of natural causes at the age of 95 at his daughter's home in Graeagle, California.^[1]

• The Wizard of Oz (1939)
• Silent Running (1972)
• STAR WARS (1977)
• Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
• BATTLESTAR GALACTICA 1978
• STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE 1979
• FIREFOX 1982
• Spaceballs (1987)

• Donald Trumbull at IMDb
• Obituary of Donald Trumbull (Los Angeles Times)
• Variety Obituary

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