John Charles Dykstra, A.S.C. (/ˈdaɪkstrə/; born June 3, 1947) is an American special effects artist, pioneer in the development of the use of computers in filmmaking and recipient of three Academy Awards, among many other awards and prizes. He was one of the original employees of Industrial Light & Magic, the special effects and computer graphics division of Lucasfilm. He is well known as the special effects lead on the original Star Wars, helping bring the original visuals for lightsabers, space battles between X-wings and TIE fighters, and Force powers to the screen. He also led special effects on many other movies, including Batman Forever, Batman & Robin, Stuart Little, X-Men: First Class, Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2. More about John Dykstra
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Dykstra was born in Long Beach, California. After studying industrial design at California State University, Long Beach (where he was a member of Phi Kappa Tau fraternity), in 1971 he landed a job working with Douglas Trumbull on Silent Running filming model effects, when Trumbull hired recent college graduates due to the film's low budget.In total, we tracked 152 items since 01/01/2008. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of John Dykstra (Star Wars IV A New Hope Production Used Storyboard Signed by John Dykstra) was sold in April 2022 for $600.00 while the cheapest item (JOHN DYKSTRA Signed Autograph 4x6 Photo SPECIAL EFFECTS ARTIST STAR WARS) found a new owner for $0.75 in January 2022. The month with the most items sold (6) was February 2021 with an average selling price of $85.00 for an autographed item of John Dykstra. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in January 2024 with $299.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.75 was January 2022. In average, an autographed item from John Dykstra is worth $27.25.
Most recently, these items with a signature of John Dykstra were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
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1977 Topps Star Wars Series 1 John Dykstra Signed Auto Card #48 BAS Beckett | $99.99 | ||
john dykstra signed 3x5 index card special effects lead star wars | $15.00 | ||
JOHN DYKSTRA SIGNED 8X10 PHOTO BECKETT BAS COA STAR WARS SPECIAL EFFECT ARTIST 3 | $12.71 | ||
JOHN DYKSTRA SIGNED 8X10 PHOTO BECKETT BAS COA STAR WARS SPECIAL EFFECT ARTIST 5 | $14.50 | ||
JOHN DYKSTRA SIGNED 8X10 PHOTO BECKETT BAS COA STAR WARS SPECIAL EFFECT ARTIST 5 | $9.99 | ||
JOHN DYKSTRA SIGNED AUTOGRAPH 8X10 PHOTO VISUAL EFFECTS STAR WARS BECKETT COA | $75.00 | ||
John Dykstra Signed Autographed 8X10 Photo COA BAS Beckett #BK60788 | $49.99 | ||
John Dykstra Signed Original Star Wars X-Wing Sketch 3 1/2” x 2 1/2” PSA/DNA | $299.99 | ||
JOHN DYKSTRA SIGNED STAR WARS 8x10, COA | $24.95 | ||
John Dykstra Signed/Auto Star Wars Card - PSA/DNA - Head of Special Effects | $37.95 |