Willis H. O'Brien

出生 : 1886-03-02, Oakland, California

死亡 : 1962-11-08

略歴

Willis O'Brien was an American special effects pioneer in the field of stop-motion animation.

参加作品

キングコング 対ゴジラ
Original Concept
US version. The re-edited John Beck version of the film: released outside of Japan and restructured with new footage of American actors centering around a news report plot not present in the original. Eric Carter of United Nation News is joined by Dr. Arnold Johnson as a prehistoric monster emerges from hibernation while a pharmaceutical company seeks publicity with their own monster.
キングコング対ゴジラ
Original Story
ゴジラシリーズ第3作。TTVの桜井と藤田は、TV番組の視聴率アップのため、“巨大なる魔神”を追って南海のファロ島を訪れた。その頃、北極海調査を行なっていた原潜シーホークは発光する奇怪な氷山と遭遇、その中からは休眠していたと思われるゴジラが現れた。桜井たちは強力な麻酔作用のある木の実と原住民の協力を得て、“魔神”ことキングコングの捕獲に成功する。しかし海上輸送の途中で目覚めたコングは単身で日本に上陸すると、同じく上陸していたゴジラに立ち向かっていった。
The Lost World
Visual Effects
Professor Challenger leads an expedition of scientists and adventurers to a remote plateau deep in the Amazonian jungle to verify his claim that dinosaurs still live there.
The Giant Behemoth
Visual Effects
Marine atomic tests cause changes in the ocean's ecosystem resulting in dangerous blobs of radiation and the resurrection of a dormant dinosaur which threatens London.
The Giant Behemoth
Special Effects
Marine atomic tests cause changes in the ocean's ecosystem resulting in dangerous blobs of radiation and the resurrection of a dormant dinosaur which threatens London.
The Black Scorpion
Visual Effects
Giant scorpions wreck havoc after being released due to volcanic activity.
The Black Scorpion
Special Effects Supervisor
Giant scorpions wreck havoc after being released due to volcanic activity.
The Beast of Hollow Mountain
Original Story
An American cowboy living in Mexico discovers his cattle is being eaten by a giant prehistoric dinosaur.
The Beast of Hollow Mountain
Idea
An American cowboy living in Mexico discovers his cattle is being eaten by a giant prehistoric dinosaur.
The Animal World
Visual Effects
A documentary showcasing the world's many different animal species, both past and present.
The Animal World
Special Effects
A documentary showcasing the world's many different animal species, both past and present.
Mighty Joe Young
Visual Effects
A young woman, Jill Young, grew up on her father's ranch in Africa, raising a large gorilla named Joe from an infant. Years later, she brings him to Hollywood to become a star.
The Last Days of Pompeii
Visual Effects
In this action-filled spectacle set in ancient Pompeii, a blacksmith becomes a Roman gladiator, though his rise to wealth and power is jeopardized by his son's Christianity and the eruption of Vesuvius.
The Son of Kong
Visual Effects
Beleaguered adventurer Carl Denham returns to the island where he found King Kong.
キング・コング
Visual Effects
Adventurous filmmaker, Carl Denham, sets out to produce a motion picture unlike anything the world has seen before. Alongside his leading lady Ann Darrow and his first mate Jack Driscoll, they arrive on an island and discover a legendary creature said to be neither beast nor man. Denham captures the monster to displayed on Broadway as Kong, the eighth wonder of the world.
Creation
Director
A lost submarine discovers a secret island where dinosaurs still live. The film, 20 minutes long, was scrapped by RKO. Approximately 4 minutes survived.
ロスト・ワールド
Visual Effects
The first film adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic novel about a land where prehistoric creatures still roam.
ロスト・ワールド
Special Effects
The first film adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic novel about a land where prehistoric creatures still roam.
Along the Moonbeam Trail
Director
A magic aeroplane takes two children to the Moon, where they encounter prehistoric monsters and witness a battle between them. As far as is known this was the first film to combine realistic stop-motion dinosaurs and live-action actors in the same shot.
The Ghost of Slumber Mountain
Special Effects
In a dream Uncle Jack looks through a magic telescope owned by the ghost of a hermit and sees what life was like millions of years ago, including a battle between prehistoric monsters.
The Ghost of Slumber Mountain
Cinematography
In a dream Uncle Jack looks through a magic telescope owned by the ghost of a hermit and sees what life was like millions of years ago, including a battle between prehistoric monsters.
The Ghost of Slumber Mountain
Writer
In a dream Uncle Jack looks through a magic telescope owned by the ghost of a hermit and sees what life was like millions of years ago, including a battle between prehistoric monsters.
The Ghost of Slumber Mountain
Ghost of 'Mad Dick', the Hermit (uncredited)
In a dream Uncle Jack looks through a magic telescope owned by the ghost of a hermit and sees what life was like millions of years ago, including a battle between prehistoric monsters.
The Ghost of Slumber Mountain
Director
In a dream Uncle Jack looks through a magic telescope owned by the ghost of a hermit and sees what life was like millions of years ago, including a battle between prehistoric monsters.
R.F.D. 10,000 B.C.
Director
Set in prehistoric times, this short film was created for the Edison Company by Willis H. O'Brien, a pioneer of American stop-motion animation.
Prehistoric Poultry
Special Effects
A caveman falls victim to a prehistoric prankster, but he is avenged by his pet chicken.
Prehistoric Poultry
Director
A caveman falls victim to a prehistoric prankster, but he is avenged by his pet chicken.
Morpheus Mike
Director
A gentleman saves a woman's line of laundry from a goat that has eaten it up. Later, he has a pipe dream.
The Dinosaur and the Missing Link: A Prehistoric Tragedy
Director
Two cavemen, The Duke and Stonejaw Steve, call on Miss Araminta Rockface. The hated rivals fight, and Steve wins when he throws The Duke into a pot of boiling water. A title card introduces a third rival, "our unassuming hero, Theophilus Ivoryhead." Miss Rockface invites the three men into her father's drawing room/cave, apologizing for not offering tea, since it has not been discovered yet. The Duke and Steve fight again, and everyone rushes out of the cave. Mr. Rockface notices his pot of food is empty; earlier, Wild Willie the Missing Link had eaten it. Mr. Rockface tells the three suitors they will have to procure their own dinner. Steve locates a desert quail and shoots an arrow at it, but the arrow misses the quail and happily (for Steve) hits The Duke's behind. Meanwhile, Wild Willie is still hungry and goes hunting for snakes. He finds a dinosaur's tail instead...