A. Arnold Gillespie
Albert Arnold Gillespie (born October 14, 1899 in El Paso , Texas , USA ; † May 3, 1978 in Los Angeles , California , USA) was an American special effects expert and art director .
life and work
A. Arnold Gillespie studied at Columbia University and the Art Students League of New York before joining Paramount in 1922 in the film industry . After moving to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1924 , his activities were set designer , animator and art director until 1936 , although he could not be pinpointed on a specific topic. From 1936 until his retirement in 1965, he then headed the special effects division at MGM . During this time he was awarded an Oscar five times , including one for Ben Hur . One of his best works, Alarm in Space , was nominated for an Oscar, but in 1957 the award for Best Special Effects went to The Ten Commandments .
Due to his high productivity and more than forty years of activity, A. Arnold Gillespie was involved in hundreds of film productions. There are 230 entries documented in the Internet Movie Database , but according to the International Dictionary of Film and Filmmakers it could have been up to 600 productions; to explain, if one includes the "undocumented" or those not mentioned in the credits.
Awards
With the exception of the 1964 Oscars for Technical Merit , the Academy Awards and nominations were in the Best Special Effects category :
Oscar winner
- 1945 - Thirty seconds over Tokyo
- 1948 - Typhoon
- 1953 - Ship without a home
- 1960 - Ben Hur
- 1964 - Special Oscar for Engineering of an improved Background Process Projection System
Oscar nominations
- 1940 - The Wizard of Oz
- 1941 - The daredevil
- 1942 - Flight Command
- 1943 - Mrs. Miniver
- 1944 - Stand by for Action
- 1946 - Speedboats in front of Bataan
- 1957 - Alarm in space
- 1959 - Torpedo go!
- 1963 - Mutiny on the Bounty
Filmography
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- ↑ International Dictionary of Film and Filmmakers ( Memento from July 9, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
Web links
- A. Arnold Gillespie in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- A. Arnold Gillespie on theOscarSite.com
- A. Arnold Gillespie in The New York Times database
- A. Arnold Gillespie in the All Movie Guide (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Gillespie, A. Arnold |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gillespie, Albert Arnold (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American special effects expert and art director |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 14, 1899 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | El Paso , Texas , USA |
DATE OF DEATH | May 3, 1978 |
Place of death | Los Angeles , California , USA |