Gordon Jennings
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| Gordon Jennings | |
|---|---|
| Born | Henry Gordon Jennings 1896 Salt Lake City, Utah, United States |
| Died | January 11 1953 (aged 56–57) Hollywood, California, United States |
| Occupation | Special effects artist |
| Years active | 1932-1953 |
Gordon Jennings, A.S.C. (1896 – January 11, 1953) was an American special effects artist. He won two Academy Awards for Best Special Effects and he was nominated for seven more in the same category. He worked on more than 180 films during his career. His older brother was silent cinematographer Devereaux Jennings (1884-1952).
Selected filmography[edit]
Jennings won two Academy Awards for Best Special Effects and was nominated for seven more:
- Won
- I Wanted Wings (1941)[1]
- Reap the Wild Wind (1942)[2]
- Nominated
- Union Pacific (1939)[3]
- Typhoon (1940)[4]
- Dr. Cyclops (1940)[4]
- Aloma of the South Seas (1941)[1]
- So Proudly We Hail! (1943)[5]
- The Story of Dr. Wassell (1944)[6]
- Unconquered (1947)
- Other films
- The Island of Dr. Moreau (1933)
- Peter Ibbetson (1935)
- The Plainsman (1936)
- If I Were King (1938)
- I Married a Witch (1942)
- For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)
- Lady in the Dark (1944)
- Rainbow Island (1944)
- Here Come the Waves (1944)
- Love Letters (1945)
- Two Years before the Mast (1945)
- Kitty (1945)
- The Lost Weekend (1945)
- Golden Earrings (1947)
- Wild Harvest (1947)
- Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
- The Big Clock (1948)
- Miss Tatlock's Millions (1948)
- Bride of Vengeance (1949)
- Song of Surrender (1949)
- Rope of Sand (1949)
- The Furies (1950)
- When Worlds Collide (1951)
- The Turning Point (1952)
- Thunder in the East (1952)
- Anything Can Happen (1952)
- Son of Paleface (1952)
- The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
- War of the Worlds (1953)
- Botany Bay (1953)
- The Stooge (1953)
- Shane (1953)
- Stalag 17 (1953)
- The Eternal Woman (1954)
References[edit]
- ^ a b "The 14th Academy Awards (1942) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2013-06-21.
- ^ "The 15th Academy Awards (1943) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2013-06-22.
- ^ "The 12th Academy Awards (1940) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2013-06-16.
- ^ a b "The 13th Academy Awards (1941) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2013-06-18.
- ^ "The 16th Academy Awards (1944) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2013-06-22.
- ^ "The 17th Academy Awards (1945) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2013-06-23.
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