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...ranks in these movie lists:

  • Fantasy Movies' Stop Motion Animation Pioneers (#3)

Biography:

Roles: Special Effects

Date of Birth: March 2, 1886 (died November 8, 1962)

Active Years: 1933-1959

Distinguished special effects expert Willis O'Brien was an innovator of stop-motion photography.

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Filmography:

  • 1933 King Kong
  • 1949 Mighty Joe Young
  • 1935 The Last Days of Pompeii
  • 1933 Son of Kong
  • 1959 Behemoth, the Sea Monster
  • 1957 The Black Scorpion

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Worked with

  • John Ford
  • Ray Harryhausen
  • David O. Selznick
  • Ernest B. Schoedsack
  • Max Steiner
  • Linwood G. Dunn
  • Jack Cardiff
  • Merian C. Cooper
  • Roy Hunt
  • Lionel Lindon
  • Van Nest Polglase
  • Vernon Walker
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