Willis H. O'Brien
Special EffectsDirectorWriter
- Born
- March 2, 1886
- Died
- November 8, 1962
- Awards
- 2 wins, 2 nominations
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". A young Ray Harryhausen would do most of the animation, but O'Brien did come up…
Biography
Director
 Creation(1931) |
 Along the Moonbeam Trail(1920) |
 The Ghost of Slumber Mountain(1918) |
 Curious Pets of Our Ancestors(1917) |
| The Birth of a Flivver(1917) |
Writer
 Emilio and His Magical Bull(1975) |
 The Valley of Gwangi(1969) |
 King Kong vs. Godzilla(1963) |
 King Kong vs. Godzilla(1962) |
 The Beast of Hollow Mountain(1956) |
Actor
| The Ghost of Slumber Mountain(1918)as Ghost of 'Mad Dick', the Hermit |
Producer
| Creation(1931) |
Cinematographer
| The Ghost of Slumber Mountain(1918) |
 The Dinosaur and the Missing Link: A Prehistoric Tragedy(1915) |
Art Department
 This Is Cinerama(1952) |
Special Effects
 The Black Scorpion(1957) |
 Mighty Joe Young(1949) |
 Son of Kong(1933) |
| Creation(1931) |
 Just Imagine(1930) |
Visual Effects
 It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World(1963) |
 The Lost World(1960) |
 The Giant Behemoth(1959) |
 Dancing Pirate(1936) |
 King Kong(1933) |
Animation Department
 The Animal World(1956) |
 A Hatful of Dreams(1944) |
 Western Daze(1941) |
| Curious Pets of Our Ancestors(1917) |
| Sam Loyd's Famous Puzzles: The Puzzling Billboard(1917) |
Additional Crew
 The Puppetoon Movie(1987) |
 The Last Days of Pompeii(1935) |
| Son of Kong(1933) |
| King Kong(1933) |
 The Lost World(1925) |
Thanks
 Necro-Maniac(2020) |
 My Last(2014) |
 King Kong(2005) |
 Mighty Joe Young(1998) |
 Dinosaur Movies(1993) |
Self
 Movie Magic(1994)as Self |
Archive Footage
 King Kong, le coeur des ténèbres(2025) |
 Le documentaire culturel(2008) |
Known for
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