L.B. Abbott
- Visual effects
- June 13, 1908 · Pasadena, California, USA.
- September 28, 1985
Biography
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Batman '66 Meets the Green Hornet · Special Effects Supervisor
- The Swarm · Visual Effects
- Flood! · Special Effects
- Logan's Run · Visual Effects Designer
- Jonathan Livingston Seagull · Special Effects
- The Poseidon Adventure · Special Effects
- The Making Of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' · Self
- Myra Breckinridge · Visual Effects
- Beneath the Planet of the Apes · Special Effects
- M*A*S*H · Visual Effects
- The Challenge · Special Effects
- Tora! Tora! Tora! · Visual Effects
- Patton · Visual Effects
- Daughter of the Mind · Special Effects
- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid · Special Effects
- Justine · Visual Effects
- Hard Contract · Visual Effects
- Lady in Cement · Visual Effects
- The Boston Strangler · Visual Effects
- Bandolero! · Visual Effects
- The Detective · Visual Effects
- Planet of the Apes · Visual Effects
- Valley of the Dolls · Visual Effects
- The St. Valentine's Day Massacre · Visual Effects
- In Like Flint · Special Effects
- Way... Way Out · Special Effects
- Fantastic Voyage · Special Effects
- The Flight of the Phoenix · Visual Effects
- The Reward · Special Effects
- Lost in Space · Visual Effects
- Morituri · Visual Effects
- Von Ryan's Express · Visual Effects
- John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! · Visual Effects
- Dear Brigitte · Special Effects
- Goodbye Charlie · Special Effects
- Shock Treatment · Special Effects
- What a Way to Go! · Special Effects
- Move Over, Darling · Special Effects
- Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation · Special Effects
- Tender Is the Night · Visual Effects
- Bachelor Flat · Visual Effects
- Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea · Visual Effects
- From the Terrace · Special Effects
- Journey to the Center of the Earth · Visual Effects
- The Diary of Anne Frank · Special Effects Coordinator, Visual Effects
- The Fiend Who Walked the West · Visual Effects
- The Fly · Visual Effects
- Fraulein · Visual Effects
- The Long, Hot Summer · Visual Effects
- From Hell to Texas · Visual Effects
- The Young Lions · Visual Effects
- South Pacific · Special Effects
- No Down Payment · Visual Effects
- Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? · Visual Effects
- An Affair to Remember · Special Effects
- The Wayward Bus · Visual Effects
- Me and My Gal · Assistant Camera
- There Were Thirteen · Assistant Camera