Douglas Hunt Trumbull (; April 8, 1942 – February 7, 2022) was an American movie director, special effects supervisor, and inventor. He was known for his special photographic effects of ', "Close Encounters of the Third Kind", ', "Blade Runner" and "The Tree of Life". He directed the movies "Silent Running" and "Brainstorm". Trumbull was born in Los Angeles, California. In 1979, he won a Saturn Award.