[4] Before becoming a special effects artist, Yuricich received a bachelor's degree in Fine Arts from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio where he also played football and joined Phi Kappa Tau fraternity.
[citation needed] A pre-war friendship with pinup star Betty Grable allowed Yuricich entry into the movie industry after the war.
Some of his later credits are Soylent Green (1973, special photographic effects), Young Frankenstein (1974, uncredited), The China Syndrome and 1941 (both 1979), Blade Runner (1982), Ghostbusters and 2010 (both 1984), Fright Night (1985), Poltergeist II: The Other Side, The Boy Who Could Fly and Solarbabies (all 1986), Masters of the Universe (1987), Die Hard (1988), Field of Dreams (1989), Dances with Wolves (1990) and Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man (1991).
Yuricich won the 1976 Academy Special Achievement Award for visual effects in the movie Logan's Run.
His brother is Academy Award-nominated special effects artist Richard Yuricich.