Roy Pomeroy
Roy J. Pomeroy (born April 20, 1892 in Darjiling , India , † December 3, 1947 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American film technician , director and producer , who at the first Academy Awards in 1929 the only Oscar ever awarded for Best Engineering Effects in the war film Wings (1927).
Life
Pomeroy began as a film technician in the mid-1920s and began his career in 1923 as technical director in the film The Ten Commandments (1923) by Cecil B. DeMille .
After working as the technical director in DeMilles Feet of Clay (1924), he was also the assistant director responsible for the animation camera in the silent film Peter Pan (1924), the first film adaptation of the novel by JM Barrie .
On May 4, 1927, Pomeroy was one of the 36 founding members of AMPAS , which has held the annual Academy Awards since 1929 .
After working on the films Old Ironsides (1926) by James Cruze , The Rough Riders (1927) by Victor Fleming and the last silent film by Harold Lloyd , Street Hunting with Speedy (1928) by Ted Wilde , he received the only one at the first Academy Awards in 1929 ever awarded Oscar for best engineering effects in the war film Wings (1927) by William A. Wellman .
He then worked in a number of films such as Interference (1928), Inside the Lines (1930) and Shock (1934) as a director and sometimes also as a producer.
Web links
- Roy Pomeroy at the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Pomeroy, Roy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pomeroy, Roy J. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American cinematographic pioneer, director and producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 20, 1892 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Darjiling , India |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 3, 1947 |
| Place of death | Los Angeles , California |