Willis O'Brien

Willis O'Brien
Biological Information
Birthplace	Oakland, California
Date of birth	March 2, 1886
Date of death	November 8, 1962
Affiliation Information
Notable work	King Kong
First film	The Dinosaur and the Missing Link: A Prehistoric Tragedy
Last film	It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
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Wikipedia	Wikipedia

Willis O'Brien was an American stop-motion animator, who was born on March 2, 1886, and passed away on November 8, 1962.

Filmography

Complete films

• The Dinosaur and the Missing Link: A Prehistoric Tragedy (1915)
• The Birth of a Flivver (1916)
• Morpheus Mike (1916)
• Curious Pets of Our Ancestors (1917)
• In the Villain's Power (1917)
• Mickey and his Goat (1917)
• Mickey's Naughty Nightmares (1917)
• Nippy's Nightmare (1917)
• Prehistoric Poultry (1917)
• The Puzzling Billboard (1917)
• R.F.D. 10,000 B.C. (1917)
• The Ghost of Slumber Mountain (1918)
• The Lost World (1925)
• King Kong (1933)
• Son of Kong (1933)
• The Last Days of Pompeii (1935)
• Dancing Pirate (matte painting) (1936)
• Tulips Shall Grow (1942)
• Going My Way (matte paintings) (1944)
• The Bells of St. Mary's (matte paintings) (1945)
• The Miracle of the Bells (matte paintings) (1948)
• Mighty Joe Young (RKO, 1949)
• This Is Cinerama (painting) (1952)
• The Animal World (with Ray Harryhausen) (US, 1956)
• The Beast of Hollow Mountain (script) (1956)
• The Black Scorpion (US 1957)
• Behemoth (film)
• The Lost World (1960)
• It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)

Incomplete films

• Atlantis
• Baboon: A Tale about a Yeti
• The Bubbles
• Creation
• The Eagle
• Emilio and Guloso
• Frankenstein
• Gwangi
• King Kong vs. Frankenstein – Eventually turned into King Kong vs. Godzilla by Toho Company Ltd..
• Last of the Labyrinthodons
• The Last of the Oso Si-Papu
• Umbah
• Valley of the Mists
• The Vines of Ceres
• War Eagles