Willis H. O'Brien

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Known For

Directing

Known Credits

1

Gender

Male

Birthday

1886-03-02

Deathday

1962-11-08 (76 years old)

Place of Birth

Oakland, California

Willis H. O'Brien

Biography

Willis O'Brien was an American special effects pioneer in the field of stop-motion animation.

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Acting

1918
The Ghost of Slumber Mountain as Ghost of 'Mad Dick', the Hermit (uncredited)

Crew

1959
The Giant Behemoth as Special Effects
1956
The Animal World as Special Effects
1925
The Lost World as Special Effects
1918
The Ghost of Slumber Mountain as Special Effects
1918
The Ghost of Slumber Mountain as Cinematography
1916
Prehistoric Poultry as Special Effects

Directing

1931
Creation as Director
1920
Along the Moonbeam Trail as Director
1918
The Ghost of Slumber Mountain as Director
1917
R.F.D., 10,000 B.C. as Director
1916
Prehistoric Poultry as Director
1915
The Dinosaur and the Missing Link: A Prehistoric Tragedy as Director
1915
Morpheus Mike as Director

Visual Effects

1960
The Lost World as Visual Effects
1959
The Giant Behemoth as Visual Effects
1957
The Black Scorpion as Visual Effects
1957
The Black Scorpion as Special Effects Supervisor
1956
The Animal World as Visual Effects
1949
Mighty Joe Young as Visual Effects
1935
The Last Days of Pompeii as Visual Effects
1933
The Son of Kong as Visual Effects
1933
King Kong as Visual Effects
1925
The Lost World as Visual Effects

Writing

1963
King Kong vs. Godzilla as Original Story
1962
King Kong vs. Godzilla as Original Story
1956
The Beast of Hollow Mountain as Idea
1956
The Beast of Hollow Mountain as Original Story
1918
The Ghost of Slumber Mountain as Writer
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