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Jack Arnold (born John Arnold Waks; October 14, 1916 – March 17, 1992) was an American film and television director, considered one of the leading filmmakers of 1950s science fiction films. His most notable films are It Came from Outer Space (1953), Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954), Tarantula (1955), and The Incredible ...
Jack Arnold (1912-1992) was a prolific and influential director of 1950s science-fiction features, such as Creature from the Black Lagoon, The Incredible Shrinking Man, and It Came from Outer Space. He also worked in TV, documentaries, and comedy, and was nominated for an Oscar for his short film With These Hands.
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A list of movies directed by Jack Arnold, a prolific American filmmaker who worked in various genres such as horror, sci-fi, western and comedy. See titles, ratings, summaries and cast of his films, from The Mouse That Roared to Boss Nigger.
- Jack Arnold was a prolific genre director over the course of his many years as a filmmaker. He started as a cinematographer in the Army Signal Corps during World War II, and after the end of the war started a production company that made promotional films for nonprofit organizations.
- With The Incredible Shrinking Man, the special-effects department at Universal had its work cut out for it. As discussed in an interview with visual-effects experts Ben Burtt and Craig Barron featured on our new edition, this included crafting oversize furniture and household items as giant props, to be combined with split-screen and rear-projection techniques to create the illusion of a diminishing Scott Carey.
- Director Joe Dante added character actor William Schallert to his repertory troupe mostly because of his work in Arnold’s films. (Arnold’s daughter Susan also worked with Dante as a casting director.)
- The Incredible Shrinking Man’s Butch the friendly house cat is played by feline screen star Orangey. By the early 1960s, Orangey had been in around five hundred films and won two Patsy Awards (the four-legged Oscars).
May 6, 2024 · Jack Arnold was an American director who was considered one of the leading auteurs in the science-fiction genre of the 1950s. Arnold began his career directing and producing dozens of industrial films and documentaries for the government and the private sector.
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Dec 11, 2020 · Jack Arnold: The Incredible Thinking Man. Jack Arnold made some of the most memorable science fiction films of the 1950's, and his landmark horror film "Creature from the Black Lagoon" became...
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Jul 12, 2020 · Jack Arnold was a prolific and influential filmmaker who modernized and popularized sci-fi cinema for American audiences. He explored social themes, technological advances, and human nature in films like It Came From Outer Space, Creature From the Black Lagoon, and The Incredible Shrinking Man.
