George Casey (Director)

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George Casey (born March 1, 1933 in Brawley , California , † June 3, 2017 in San Diego , California) was an American screenwriter , film producer and film director in the field of documentaries and short films , who was nominated for four Academy Awards.

Private

George Casey was born in Brawley, California in 1933. He graduated from UCLA and graduated with a Masters degree in Journalism . Casey was married and had three children. George Casey died in San Diego on June 3, 2017, at the age of 84.

Career

In the mid-1960s, he started working for Graphic Films, a film production company founded by Lester Novros in 1941 . His career in the film business began in 1974 as a director for the short film Planet Ocean . For his achievements in his directorial debut, Casey received a nomination in the category " Best Short Film " at the 1975 Academy Awards . The following year he released the short documentary Probes in Space , which earned him his second nomination at the 1976 Academy Awards . He completed his documentary Genesis on a budget of $ 380,000 . This was published in 1978, where he wrote the script and took over all other activities himself. On the day of Mount St. Helens eruption in 1980 , Casey reached the volcano and, on a budget of $ 100,000, was able to make the short documentary film The Eruption of Mount St. Helens! realize. For this film, he received his next Oscar nomination at the 1981 Academy Awards for Best Documentary Short . For his film Seasons , published in 1987 , he was able to hire William Shatner as an off-speaker . In addition to other short documentaries about the Great Barrier Reef , Africa and the Serengeti , Casey received his fourth and final Oscar nomination for Alaska - Die Raue Eiswelt at the 1998 Academy Awards , with Charlton Heston as voiceover. His last film was Natural Disasters: Forces of Nature , which dealt with the subject of natural violence, which was released in 2004.

Filmography

  • 1974: Planet Ocean (short film)
  • 1975: Probes in Space (short documentary film)
  • 1978: Genesis (short documentary film)
  • 1980: The Eruption of Mount St. Helens! (Short documentary film)
  • 1981: Great Barrier Reef (short documentary film)
  • 1987: Seasons (short documentary film)
  • 1991: Ring of Fire (short documentary film)
  • 1994: Africa - The Serengeti (short documentary film)
  • 1995: Haie - Rulers of the Seas (short documentary film)
  • 1997: Alaska - Die raue Eiswelt ( Alaska: Spirit of the Wild , short documentary film)
  • 1999: Amazing Journeys (short documentary film)
  • 2004: Natural Disasters: Forces of Nature (short documentary film)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c A Tribute to George Casey. August 2, 2017, accessed February 8, 2018 .
  2. ^ The 47th Academy Awards - 1975. Oscars.org, accessed February 7, 2018 .
  3. ^ The 48th Academy Awards - 1976. Oscars.org, accessed February 7, 2018 .
  4. ^ The 53rd Academy Awards - 1981. Oscars.org, accessed February 7, 2018 .
  5. ^ The 70th Academy Awards - 1998. Oscars.org, accessed February 7, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Casey, George
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American screenwriter, film producer and film director
DATE OF BIRTH March 1, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Brawley , California
DATE OF DEATH 3rd June 2017
Place of death San Diego , California