(behing camera) with Douglas Trumbull on the set of Blade Runner (1982)

Born in Lorain, OH; brother of matte artist Matt Yuricich. Visual effects supervisor who entered film as an uncredited addition matte photographer on 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968). Other notable (non-nominated) credits include SILENT RUNNING (1972), BRAINSTORM (1983, cinematographer & assoc. producer), FIELD OF DREAMS (1989), GHOST DAD (1990), UNDER SEIGE 2: DARK TERRITORY (1995), MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE II (2000), RESIDENT EVIL (2002) and 5-15-77 and THE REAPING (both 2007).  Nominated for Visual Effects 1977: CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (w. Roy Arbogast, Douglas Trumbull, Gregory Jein & Matthew Yuricich)  Nominated for Visual Effects 1979: STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE (w. Douglas Trumbull, John C. Dykstra, Robert Swarthe, Dave Stewart & Grant McCune)  Nominated for Visual Effects 1982: BLADE RUNNER (w. Douglas Trumbull & David Dryer) 3 nominations