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FILM DIRECTOR

Willis H. O'Brien

1886 - 1962

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Willis Harold O'Brien (March 2, 1886 – November 8, 1962), known as Obie O'Brien, was an American motion picture special effects and stop-motion animation pioneer, who according to ASIFA-Hollywood "was responsible for some of the best-known images in cinema history," and is best remembered for his work on The Lost World (1925), King Kong (1933), The Last Days of Pompeii (1935) and Mighty Joe Young (1949), for which he won the 1950 Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Willis H. O'Brien has received more than 190,710 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Willis H. O'Brien is the 961st most popular film director (up from 12,327th in 2019), the 6,331st most popular biography from United States (down from 6,208th in 2019) and the 244th most popular American Film Director.

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  • 17

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  • 3.75

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  • 2.31

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Willis H. O'Brien ranks 961 out of 1,581. Before him are Steve McQueen, Tony Kaye, Monte Hellman, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Chris Wedge, and William Castle. After him are Aaron Norris, Curtis Bernhardt, Michel Boisrond, Med Hondo, Mike Figgis, and Robert Kramer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Willis H. O'Brien ranks 202. Before him are Tadeusz Kotarbiński, Tomás Romero Pereira, Manuel Bandeira, Kōsaku Yamada, Arvid Holmberg, and Frank Irons. After him are Markus Reiner, Ture Nerman, Boris Grigoriev, Pranas Dovydaitis, John Eke, and Robert Julius Trumpler. Among people deceased in 1962, Willis H. O'Brien ranks 130. Before him are Ellen Osiier, Morris Louis, Miklós Szabados, Viacheslav Ragozin, Josef Uridil, and Joseph Rock. After him are Fred Pentland, Walter Anderson, Lucile Watson, George Preca, G. M. Trevelyan, and Bidhan Chandra Roy.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Willis H. O'Brien ranks 6,331 out of 18,182. Before him are Joseph Paul Franklin (1950), Monique Alexander (1982), Anna Schwartz (1915), Jackie Joyner-Kersee (1962), Kay Sage (1898), and Trip Hawkins (1953). After him are Clint Walker (1927), David Blatt (1959), Jenette Goldstein (1960), Penn Badgley (1986), Phyllis Allen (1861), and Meg Tilly (1960).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Willis H. O'Brien ranks 244. Before him are Stephen Sommers (1962), Caleb Deschanel (1944), Stephen Gyllenhaal (1949), Monte Hellman (1932), Chris Wedge (1957), and William Castle (1914). After him are Aaron Norris (1951), Robert Kramer (1939), Gregory La Cava (1892), Alexander Payne (1961), Archie Mayo (1891), and Steve Kloves (1960).

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Filmography

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