L.B. Abbott
Cunoscut Pentru
Visual Effects
Born
June 13, 1908 (age 117)
Birth Place
Pasadena, California, USA.
Died
September 28, 1985
Biografie
Lenwood Ballard "Bill" Abbott, A.S.C. (June 13, 1908 – September 28, 1985) was an American special effects expert, cinematographer and cameraman.
He became the head of the Special Effects Department at 20th Century Fox in 1957, a post he held until retirement in 1970. However, he was called out of retirement to work on the TV series M*A*S*H in 1972 (Abbott had worked on the film on which the series was based). Abbott was a member of the American Society of Cinematographers.
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He became the head of the Special Effects Department at 20th Century Fox in 1957, a post he held until retirement in 1970. However, he was called out of retirement to work on the TV series M*A*S*H in 1972 (Abbott had worked on the film on which the series was based). Abbott was a member of the American Society of Cinematographers.
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Filmografie
Batman '66 Meets the Green Hornet
2020 — special effects supervisor
The Swarm
1978 — visual effects
Flood!
1977 — special effects
Logan's Run
1976 — visual effects designer
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
1973 — special effects
The Poseidon Adventure
1972 — special effects
Myra Breckinridge
1970 — visual effects
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
1970 — special effects
M*A*S*H
1970 — visual effects
The Challenge
1970 — special effects
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970 — visual effects
Patton
1970 — visual effects