Acting credits
2
Early stage
Smaller on-screen catalog so far.
Actor
Willis H. O'Brien
Directing
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 21Series: 0Crew credits: 20
TMDB ID: 3484
IMDb ID: nm0639891
Known for: Directing
Born: March 2, 1886
Died: November 8, 1962
Age: 76
Place of birth: Oakland, California
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1915 - 2024
Years active: 110
Average TMDB rating: 5.98
Wikidata: Q1386416
Other jobs
Director (7)Visual Effects (6)Special Effects (3)Original Story (2)Idea (1)Set Designer (1)
Biography
Willis O'Brien was an American special effects pioneer in the field of stop-motion animation.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Willis H. O'Brien.
7.3
King Kong: Monster and Myth
as Self - Animator (archive footage)
2024 Movie
6.5
King Kong vs. Godzilla
Original Story
1963 Movie
6.9
King Kong vs. Godzilla
Original Story
1962 Movie
5.7
The Lost World
Visual Effects
1960 Movie
5.7
The Giant Behemoth
Special Effects
1959 Movie
5.2
The Black Scorpion
Visual Effects
1957 Movie
4.2
The Beast of Hollow Mountain
Idea
1956 Movie
6.6
The Animal World
Special Effects
1956 Movie
6.4
Mighty Joe Young
Visual Effects
1949 Movie
5.7
The Last Days of Pompeii
Visual Effects
1935 Movie
5.4
The Son of Kong
Visual Effects
1933 Movie
7.6
King Kong
Visual Effects
1933 Movie
6.0
Creation
Director
1931 Movie
5.8
Just Imagine
Set Designer
1930 Movie
6.7
The Lost World
Special Effects
1925 Movie
4.8
Along the Moonbeam Trail
Director
1920 Movie
5.9
The Ghost of Slumber Mountain
as Ghost of 'Mad Dick', the Hermit (uncredited)
1918 Movie
5.8
R.F.D., 10,000 B.C.
Director
1917 Movie
Prehistoric Poultry
Director
1916 Movie
6.1
The Dinosaur and the Missing Link: A Prehistoric Tragedy
Director
1915 Movie
Morpheus Mike
Director
1915 Movie