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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Willis_HWillis H. O'Brien - Wikipedia

    Willis Harold O'Brien (March 2, 1886 – November 8, 1962), known as Obie O'Brien, was an American motion picture special effects and stop-motion animation pioneer, who according to ASIFA-Hollywood "was responsible for some of the best-known images in cinema history," and is best remembered for his work on The Lost World (1925), King ...

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  3. www.imdb.com › name › nm0639891Willis H. O'Brien - IMDb

    Willis H. O'Brien (1886-1962) Director. Special Effects. Writer. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. In 1949, 16 years after his ground-breaking work on the 1933 film "King Kong", Willis O'Brien worked as Chief Technician on another gorilla film for Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Shoedsack titled "Mighty Joe Young".

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  4. www.imdb.com › name › nm0639891Willis H. O'Brien - Biography - IMDb

    Mini Bio. In 1949, 16 years after his ground-breaking work on the 1933 film "King Kong", Willis O'Brien worked as Chief Technician on another gorilla film for Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Shoedsack titled "Mighty Joe Young".

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    • November 8, 1962

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  6. medium.com › mediamastery › the-king-of-kong-the-work-andThe King of Kong: The Work and Legacy of Willis H. O’Brien

    Sep 22, 2020 · In the case of the pioneer of stop motion, Willis H. O’Brien, the world was between the two most devastating conflicts in human history — the world wars — but there was a great deal of discovery...

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  7. filmschoolrejects.com › king-clay-willis-h-obriens-stopThe King of Clay: Willis H. O’Brien’s Stop-Motion Reality

    Oct 2, 2017 · The King of Clay: Willis H. O’Brien’s Stop-Motion Reality. By Jacob Oller · Published on October 2nd, 2017. King Kong had nothing on him. Because he made it. You may know the name Ray Harryhausen...

  8. www.bbc.com › culture › articleKing Kong at 90: The greatest monster film ever made - BBC

    More importantly, the film's chief model-maker, animator and special effects specialist, Willis H O'Brien, invests him with far more personality and soul than Godzilla would ever have.

  9. www.youtube.com › watch1915 Willis H. O'Brien - "The dinosaur and the missing link"...

    Sep 9, 2012 · Several of O'Brien's later creations have predecessors in this early stop-motion pioneering gem. His animated apes in "King Kong" (1933) and "Mighty Joe Young" (1949) became iconic and his ...

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