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Biography
Willis Harold O'Brien, known as Obie O'Brien, was an American motion picture special effects and stop-motion animation pioneer, who according to ASIFA-Hollywood "was responsible for some of the best-known images in cinema history," and is best remembered for his work on The Lost World (1925), King Kong (1933), The Last Days of Pompeii (1935) and Mighty Joe Young (1949), for which he won the 1950 Academy Award for Best Visual Effects.
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Awards & recognition
- Winsor McCay Award · 1997
Filmography10 titles
King Kong
1933Visual Effects
1933Visual Effects
The Lost World
1925Special Effects, Visual Effects
1925Special Effects, Visual Effects
Creation
1931Director, Special Effects
1931Director, Special Effects
Mighty Joe Young
1949Visual Effects
1949Visual Effects
The Lost World
1960Visual Effects
1960Visual Effects
The Giant Behemoth
1959Special Effects, Visual Effects
1959Special Effects, Visual Effects
The Last Days of Pompeii
1935Visual Effects
1935Visual Effects
Just Imagine
1930Set Designer
1930Set Designer
Son of Kong
1933Visual Effects
1933Visual Effects
The Black Scorpion
1957Special Effects Supervisor, Visual Effects
1957Special Effects Supervisor, Visual Effects