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- Known For
- Visual Effects
- Born
- June 13, 1908
- Place of Birth
- Pasadena, California, USA.
- Died
- September 28, 1985
L.B. Abbott
Lenwood Ballard "Bill" Abbott, A.S.C. (June 13, 1908 – September 28, 1985) was an American special effects expert, cinematographer and cameraman. He became the head of the Special Effects Department at 20th Century Fox in 1957, a post he held until retirement in 1970. However, he was called out of retirement to work on the TV series M*A*S*H in 1972 (Abbott had worked on the film on which the series was based). Abbott was a member of the American Society of Cinematographers. Description above from the Wikipedia article L.B. Abbott, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
movieBatman '66 Meets the Green Hornet
2020 · Special Effects Supervisor
movieThe Swarm
1978 · Visual Effects
movieFlood!
1977 · Special Effects
movieLogan's Run
1976 · Visual Effects Designer
movieJonathan Livingston Seagull
1973 · Special Effects
movieThe Poseidon Adventure
1972 · Special Effects
movieThe Flim Flam Man
1972 · Special Effects
movieThe Making Of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'
1970 · Self
movieMyra Breckinridge
1970 · Visual Effects
movieBeneath the Planet of the Apes
1970 · Special Effects
movieM*A*S*H
1970 · Visual Effects
movieThe Challenge
1970 · Special Effects
movieTora! Tora! Tora!
1970 · Visual Effects
moviePatton
1970 · Visual Effects
movieDaughter of the Mind
1969 · Special Effects
movieButch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
1969 · Special Effects
movieJustine
1969 · Visual Effects
movieHard Contract
1969 · Visual Effects
movieLady in Cement
1968 · Visual Effects
movieThe Boston Strangler
1968 · Visual Effects
movieBandolero!
1968 · Visual Effects
movieThe Detective
1968 · Visual Effects
moviePlanet of the Apes
1968 · Visual Effects
movieValley of the Dolls
1967 · Visual Effects
movieThe St. Valentine's Day Massacre
1967 · Visual Effects
movieIn Like Flint
1967 · Special Effects
movieWay... Way Out
1966 · Special Effects
movieFantastic Voyage
1966 · Special Effects
movieThe Flight of the Phoenix
1965 · Visual Effects
movieThe Reward
1965 · Special Effects
tvLost in Space
1965 · Visual Effects
movieMorituri
1965 · Visual Effects
movieVon Ryan's Express
1965 · Visual Effects
movieJohn Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965 · Visual Effects
movieDear Brigitte
1965 · Special Effects
movieGoodbye Charlie
1964 · Special Effects
movieShock Treatment
1964 · Special Effects
movieWhat a Way to Go!
1964 · Special Effects
movieMove Over, Darling
1963 · Special Effects
movieMr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
1962 · Special Effects
movieTender Is the Night
1962 · Visual Effects
movieBachelor Flat
1961 · Visual Effects
movieVoyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1961 · Visual Effects
movieFrom the Terrace
1960 · Special Effects
movieJourney to the Center of the Earth
1959 · Visual Effects
movieThe Diary of Anne Frank
1959 · Special Effects Coordinator, Visual Effects
movieThe Fiend Who Walked the West
1958 · Visual Effects
movieThe Fly
1958 · Visual Effects
movieFraulein
1958 · Visual Effects
movieThe Long, Hot Summer
1958 · Special Effects
movieFrom Hell to Texas
1958 · Visual Effects
movieThe Young Lions
1958 · Visual Effects
movieSouth Pacific
1958 · Special Effects
movieWill Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
1957 · Visual Effects
movieAn Affair to Remember
1957 · Special Effects
movieThe Wayward Bus
1957 · Visual Effects
movieMe and My Gal
1932 · Assistant Camera
movieThere Were Thirteen
1931 · Assistant Camera