Bud Thackery
Ellis F. "Bud (dy)" Thackery (born January 31, 1903 in Shawnee , Oklahoma , † July 15, 1990 in Los Angeles County , California ) was an American film technician and cameraman , who at the Academy Awards in 1941 for the Oscar was nominated for the best special effects .
Life
Thackery began his career as a photographer for special effects such as in the films Graf Zaroff - Genie des Böse (1932), The Phantom Empire (1935) and Miracle Rider (1935) and as a specialist in rear projections such as in the film Darkest Africa (1936). Together with Howard Lydecker , William Bradford and Herbert Norsch , he received a nomination for the Oscar for best special effects in the film Women in War (1940) at the Academy Awards in 1941 .
From the film The Gay Vagabond (1941), Thackery, who was a member of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC), worked mostly as a cameraman and was involved in the creation of almost 160 films and television series by 1977 , such as 163 episodes of The Boss . He last shot 52 episodes for the television series Emergency Call California between 1972 and 1977 , with still photographs taken by him in the entrance area of the Rampart General Hospital shown there.
Filmography (selection)
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Web links
- Bud Thackery in the Internet Movie Database (English)
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| SURNAME | Thackery, Bud |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Thackery, Ellis F .; Thackery, Buddy (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American cameraman and special effects artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 31, 1903 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Shawnee , Oklahoma |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 15, 1990 |
| Place of death | Los Angeles County , California |