John Dykstra Autograph

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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Current items with a signature of John Dykstra

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thumbnailJOHN DYKSTRA HAND SIGNED 8x10 PHOTO STAR WARS VISUAL EFFECTS AUTOAUTHENTIC COA$50.00logo
thumbnailJOHN DYKSTRA HAND SIGNED 8x10 PHOTO STAR WARS VISUAL EFFECTS AUTOAUTHENTIC COA$50.00logo
thumbnailJOHN DYKSTRA SIGNED 8x10 PHOTO ILM VISUAL EFFECTS LEGEND STAR WARS BECKETT BAS$85.00logo
thumbnailJOHN DYKSTRA SIGNED AUTOGRAPH 8X10 PHOTO VISUAL EFFECTS STAR WARS BECKETT COA$75.00logo
thumbnailJOHN DYKSTRA SIGNED AUTOGRAPH 8X10 PHOTO VISUAL EFFECTS STAR WARS BECKETT COA$75.00logo
thumbnailJohn Dykstra Signed Original Star Wars TIE Fighter Sketch 3 1/2” x 2 1/2” PSA$299.99logo
thumbnailJohn Dykstra Star Wars Autographed 1993-95 Topps Galaxy #62 BGS Authenticated Card$55.99logo
thumbnailJohn Dykstra Star Wars Autographed John Dykstra Star Wars Autographed 2002 CCG New Hope Foil #69 BGS Authenticated Card$55.99logo
thumbnailStar Wars John Dykstra Signed 1977 Card Special Effects Technician Beckett COA$149.00logo
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 1975, when George Lucas was recruiting people for the special effects work on Star Wars, he approached Douglas Trumbull, but he was unavailable as he was about to start working on Steven Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Trumbull pointed Lucas towards Dykstra. Lucas formed his own special effects company, Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), based in warehouse premises in Van Nuys, and appointed Dykstra to supervise the new team. This led to the development of the Dykstraflex motion-controlled camera, which enabled many of the film's groundbreaking effects to be produced. The system was made possible by the availability of off-the-shelf integrated-circuit RAM at relatively low cost and secondhand VistaVision cameras. Read even more about John Dykstra at Wikipedia

Traded items with a signature of John Dykstra

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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thumbnail1977 Topps Star Wars Series 1 John Dykstra Signed Auto Card #48 BAS Beckett$99.99logo
thumbnailjohn dykstra signed 3x5 index card special effects lead star wars$15.00logo
thumbnailJOHN DYKSTRA SIGNED 8X10 PHOTO BECKETT BAS COA STAR WARS SPECIAL EFFECT ARTIST 3$12.71logo
thumbnailJOHN DYKSTRA SIGNED 8X10 PHOTO BECKETT BAS COA STAR WARS SPECIAL EFFECT ARTIST 5$14.50logo
thumbnailJOHN DYKSTRA SIGNED 8X10 PHOTO BECKETT BAS COA STAR WARS SPECIAL EFFECT ARTIST 5$9.99logo
thumbnailJOHN DYKSTRA SIGNED AUTOGRAPH 8X10 PHOTO VISUAL EFFECTS STAR WARS BECKETT COA$75.00logo
thumbnailJohn Dykstra Signed Autographed 8X10 Photo COA BAS Beckett #BK60788$49.99logo
thumbnailJohn Dykstra Signed Original Star Wars X-Wing Sketch 3 1/2” x 2 1/2” PSA/DNA$299.99logo
thumbnailJOHN DYKSTRA SIGNED STAR WARS 8x10, COA$24.95logo
thumbnailJohn Dykstra Signed/Auto Star Wars Card - PSA/DNA - Head of Special Effects$37.95logo