06/25/1896
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA:
Gordon Jennings, A.S.C. (1896 – January 11, 1953) was an American special effects artist. He received seven Academy Awards (mainly for Best Special Effects) and was nominated for eight more in the same category. After starting in 1919 in Hollywood as a camera assistant, he worked from 1932 until 1953 on the visual and special effects of more than 180 films. His older brother was cinematographer Devereaux Jennings (1884-1952), who filmed, for instance, Buster Keaton's monumental The General in 1926. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gordon Jennings, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Forever Female (1953) Visual Effects |
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Here Come the Girls (1953) Special Effects |
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Little Boy Lost (1953) Special Effects |
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Stalag 17 (1953) Special Effects |
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Scared Stiff (1953) Special Effects |
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Shane (1953) Visual Effects |
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The War of the Worlds (1953) Visual Effects |
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Come Back, Little Sheba (1953) Visual Effects |
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Off Limits (1952) Special Effects |
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Road to Bali (1952) Special Effects |
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Just for You (1952) Special Effects |
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Son of Paleface (1952) Special Effects |
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The Turning Point (1952) Special Effects |
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Jumping Jacks (1952) Special Effects |
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My Son John (1952) Visual Effects |
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Sailor Beware (1952) Special Effects |
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My Favorite Spy (1951) Special Effects |
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The Stooge (1951) Special Effects |
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Here Comes the Groom (1951) Special Effects |
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A Place in the Sun (1951) Special Effects |
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Sunset Boulevard (1950) Visual Effects |
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The Furies (1950) Visual Effects |
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Fancy Pants (1950) Special Effects |
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My Friend Irma Goes West (1950) Special Effects |
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No Man of Her Own (1950) Special Effects |
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The Great Lover (1949) Special Effects |
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The File on Thelma Jordon (1949) Special Effects |
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My Friend Irma (1949) Special Effects |
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The Heiress (1949) Visual Effects |
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Sorrowful Jones (1949) Special Effects |
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The Great Gatsby (1949) Special Effects |
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The Accused (1949) Visual Effects |
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The Paleface (1948) Special Effects |
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Whispering Smith (1948) Visual Effects |
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Sorry, Wrong Number (1948) Special Effects |
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A Foreign Affair (1948) Special Effects |
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Hazard (1948) Visual Effects |
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The Sainted Sisters (1948) Visual Effects |
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The Big Clock (1948) Special Effects |
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Road to Rio (1947) Special Effects |
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Saigon (1947) Visual Effects |
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Where There's Life (1947) Special Effects |
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Unconquered (1947) Visual Effects Director |
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My Favorite Brunette (1947) Special Effects |
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My Favorite Brunette (1947) Visual Effects |
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California (1947) Special Effects |
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California (1947) Visual Effects |
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Calcutta (1946) Visual Effects |
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Monsieur Beaucaire (1946) Special Effects |
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The Bride Wore Boots (1946) Visual Effects |
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The Virginian (1946) Visual Effects |
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Road to Utopia (1946) Special Effects |
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The Lost Weekend (1945) Visual Effects |
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Kitty (1945) Visual Effects |
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Murder, He Says (1945) Visual Effects |
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A Medal for Benny (1945) Special Effects |
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Our Hearts Were Young and Gay (1944) Visual Effects |
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Going My Way (1944) Special Effects |
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So Proudly We Hail (1943) Special Effects |
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So Proudly We Hail (1943) Visual Effects |
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For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943) Special Effects |
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China (1943) Visual Effects |
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No Time for Love (1943) Visual Effects |
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Road to Morocco (1942) Special Effects |
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I Married a Witch (1942) Special Effects |
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This Gun for Hire (1942) Special Effects |
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Reap the Wild Wind (1942) Visual Effects |
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The Mad Doctor (1940) Special Effects |
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North West Mounted Police (1940) Visual Effects |
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Rulers of the Sea (1939) Visual Effects |
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Union Pacific (1939) Special Effects |
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If I Were King (1938) Visual Effects |
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If I Were King (1938) Special Effects |
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Wells Fargo (1937) Special Effects |
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Artists & Models (1937) Special Effects |
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Make Way for Tomorrow (1937) Visual Effects |
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The General Died at Dawn (1936) Visual Effects |
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Peter Ibbetson (1935) Visual Effects |
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Death Takes a Holiday (1934) Visual Effects |
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Three Cornered Moon (1933) Visual Effects |
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King of the Jungle (1933) Special Effects |
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Our Hospitality (1923) Director of Photography |
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The Blot (1921) Director of Photography |