Willis H. O'Brien(1886-1962)
- Special Effects
- Director
- Writer
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". A
young Ray Harryhausen would do most of the animation, but O'Brien
did come up with the designs for the film. At the 1950 Academy Awards,
O'Brien was awarded an Oscar for Best Visual Effects for "Mighty Joe Young".
This, along with "King Kong", are often considered his greatest achievements.
