Ars Electronica Festival · 1990
The Abyss: Pseudopod Sequence
by Dennis Muren
🏆 Honorary Mention · Prix Ars Electronica 1990
Dennis Muren's “The Abyss: Pseudopod Sequence” was honoured with a Honorary Mention at the Prix Ars Electronica 1990, category Computer Animation. Explore 3 other works by Dennis Muren below.
The Pseudopod was the strange, gentle creature that undulated, snakelike, through the labyrinth of the underwater drilling complex in “The Abyss”. In a key scene, the Pseudopod encounters Lindsey (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) and Bud (Ed Harris), reconfiguring its face in a three-dimensional mirror image of theirs.
About Dennis Muren
Denis Muren is the Senior Visual Effects Supervisor at Industrial Light & Magic. Education at the Pasadena City College and at the California State University at Los Angeles, Actively involved in the evolution of the company, design and development of new…
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