Bill Warren

William Bond "Bill" Warren (born April 26, 1943 in North Bend , Oregon , † October 7, 2016 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American film historian and film critic working on the genres of science fiction film , horror film and Fantasy film was specialized. He also acted as an extra in several films .

Life

Warren grew up in Gardiner on the Umpqua River . His interest in science fiction was awakened by Robert Wise's 1951 film The Day the Earth Stood Still . Interest continued to be encouraged by Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine , edited by Forrest J. Ackerman . After graduating from high school , Warren studied in Eugene at the University of Oregon . The nature of his degree is apparently unknown.

In 1966 he moved to Los Angeles with his wife Beverly Warren. Here he became an active member of the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society ; Through Ackerman who worked there, he got in touch with various science fiction filmmakers. Warren hosted conventions and wrote a short story for Worlds of Fantasy magazine and texts for comic series such as Eerie and Vampirella .

After working on Walt Lee's “Reference Guide to Fantastic Film” (1972), Warren published a standard work on science fiction film literature in 1982, “Keep Watching the Skies! American Science Fiction Movies of the Fifties ”. The plant was expanded several times and reprinted, most recently in the two-volume paperback edition of 2010. The title phrase "Keep Watching the Skies!" Comes from the last adjustment of the SF film The Thing from 1951. "Keep Watching the Skies! “Was also an important source for the “ Lexicon of Science Fiction Films ”edited by Ronald M. Hahn and Volker Jansen. 720 films from 1902 to 1983 ”(Munich 1983), which itself was expanded and reissued several times.

Warren worked as a film critic for a Californian newspaper and in 1989 founded the "ShowBiz Roundtable" for the online service "GEnie". In the 1980s / 90s he worked as a small actor in several film productions such as the horror film parody My Lovely Monster (D 1991, director: Michel Bergmann ). He later contributed to DVD and Blu-ray editions of SF films. Warren died after a long and serious illness at the age of 73 on October 7, 2016 in Los Angeles.

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SURNAME	Warren, Bill
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Warren, William Bond
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American film historian and film critic
DATE OF BIRTH	April 26, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH	North Bend , Oregon
DATE OF DEATH	October 7, 2016
Place of death	Los Angeles , California