
Willis H. O'Brien
Personal Info
Known For Director
Gender Male
Birthday 1886-03-02
Deathday 1962-11-08 (76 years old)
Place of Birth Oakland, California
Willis H. O'Brien
Biography
Willis O'Brien was an American special effects pioneer in the field of stop-motion animation.
Known For
Director
1931
Creation
as Director
1920
Along the Moonbeam Trail
as Director
1918
The Ghost of Slumber Mountain
as Director
1917
R.F.D., 10,000 B.C.
as Director
1916
Prehistoric Poultry
as Director
1915
1915
Morpheus Mike
as Director
Visual Effects
1960
The Lost World
as Visual Effects
1959
The Giant Behemoth
as Visual Effects
1957
The Black Scorpion
as Visual Effects
1957
The Black Scorpion
as Special Effects Supervisor
1956
The Animal World
as Visual Effects
1949
Mighty Joe Young
as Visual Effects
1935
The Last Days of Pompeii
as Visual Effects
1933
The Son of Kong
as Visual Effects
1933
King Kong
as Visual Effects
1925
The Lost World
as Visual Effects
Crew
1959
The Giant Behemoth
as Special Effects
1956
The Animal World
as Special Effects
1925
The Lost World
as Special Effects
1918
The Ghost of Slumber Mountain
as Special Effects
1918
The Ghost of Slumber Mountain
as Cinematography
1916
Prehistoric Poultry
as Special Effects
Writer
1963
King Kong vs. Godzilla
as Original Story
1962
King Kong vs. Godzilla
as Original Story
1956
The Beast of Hollow Mountain
as Idea
1956
The Beast of Hollow Mountain
as Original Story
1918
The Ghost of Slumber Mountain
as Writer
Actor
1918
The Ghost of Slumber Mountain
as Ghost of 'Mad Dick', the Hermit (uncredited)