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    Willis H. O'Brien

    American animator

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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Willis_HWillis H. O'Brien - Wikipedia

    Willis Harold O'Brien (March 2, 1886 – November 8, 1962), 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 ...

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  3. medium.com › mediamastery › the-king-of-kong-theThe King of Kong: The Work and Legacy of Willis H. O’Brien ...

    Sep 22, 2020 · In the case of the pioneer of stop motion, Willis H. O’Brien, the world was between the two most devastating conflicts in human history — the world wars — but there was a great deal of ...

  4. www.imdb.com › name › nm0639891Willis H. O'Brien - IMDb

    Special Effects. Writer. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. In 1949, 16 years after his ground-breaking work on the 1933 film "King Kong", Willis O'Brien worked as Chief Technician on another gorilla film for Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Shoedsack titled "Mighty Joe Young".

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  5. filmschoolrejects.com › king-clay-willis-h-obriensThe King of Clay: Willis H. O’Brien’s Stop-Motion Reality

    Oct 2, 2017 · O’Brien created dinosaur and ape effects for films like King Kong and Mighty Joe Young, but one of his most lasting contributions was the film The Ghost of Slumber Mountain.

  6. entertainment.ha.com › heritage-auctions-pressPersonal Collection of Film Special Effects Pioneer Willis O ...

    Personal Collection of Film Special Effects Pioneer Willis O'Brien Grabs Spotlight at Heritage Auctions. Selections include keybook photos from King Kong, Mighty Joe Young, The Giant Behemoth. DOWNLOAD DIGITAL PRESS KIT. DALLAS, Texas (June 25, 2021) — King Kong ain't got nothing on Willis O'Brien.

  7. www.animateclay.com › willis-o-brien-stop-motionWillis O'Brien | The Clay And Stop Mo

    Though his method of live action mixed with stop motion animation is a standard process today, the special effects techniques developed by Willis O'Brien was groundbreaking. For the first time, a cellulose-acetate screen was used for rear projection.

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  9. www.austinfilm.org › 2015/03/100-years-ago100 Years Ago: Dinosaurs and Ape Men, Courtesy of Willis H. O ...

    When we think of stop motion pioneer Willis H. O’Brien (born on this day in 1886), we think of KING KONG, for which he designed and produced all the effects shots. He, more than anyone, created the special-effects spectacle, in which the effects work was the real star of the show. But before KING KONG, before THE LOST WORLD, and when films ...