L.B. Abbott

Known for

Visual Effects

Born

Jun 13, 1908

Died

Sep 28, 1985

From

Pasadena, California, USA.

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.

Credits

The Making Of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'

19706.3out of 10

Beneath the Planet of the Apes

19706.2out of 10

The Diary of Anne Frank

19597.2out of 10

In Like Flint

19676.2out of 10

The Detective

19685.9out of 10

Valley of the Dolls

19676.0out of 10

The Challenge

19707.0out of 10

From Hell to Texas

19586.0out of 10

From the Terrace

19606.6out of 10

The Wayward Bus

19575.6out of 10

Myra Breckinridge

19704.5out of 10

Justine

19694.4out of 10

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

19615.7out of 10

Journey to the Center of the Earth

19596.9out of 10

Lady in Cement

19686.1out of 10

Flood!

19775.1out of 10

The Flight of the Phoenix

19657.2out of 10

Von Ryan's Express

19657.1out of 10