I'm always reaching for something we really haven't done, and War of the Worlds has a lot of this sort of documentary look to it and first-person camera view that is a new thing for me. I've done some stuff like that before, but nothing like the extent of this and digitally.

In a 2000 interview he stated that Terminator 2: Judgment Day was the film he was most proud of. He has won eight Oscars for Best Visual Effects. Muren has been an important voice for pioneering new technologies in special effects.

Dennis Muren ASC (born November 1 1946) is an American film special effects artist most notable for his work on the films of Steven Spielberg James Cameron and George Lucas. He has won eight Oscars for Best Visual Effects.