Blade Runner special effects pioneer Douglas Trumbull dies aged 79

Blade Runner special effects pioneer Douglas Trumbull dies aged 79
US film director and special effects supervisor Douglas Trumbull (Keystone, Urs Flueeler/AP)

Douglas Trumbull, a visual effects master who showed movie audiences images of the future and of space in films like 2001: A Space Odyssey and Blade Runner, has died at the age of 79.

His wife Julia Trumbull said he died on Monday of complications from mesothelioma.

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