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Fred Sersen

Czechoslovak/American painter and cinema special effects artist (1890-1962) · United States · On the map · Artists · Died at 72

Fred Sersen was an American painter and cinema special effects artist working mainly at 20th Century Fox Studios from the 1930s to the 1950s with credits in over 200 movies. He won two Academy Awards for Best Effects, Special Effects (photographic), in 1940 for The Rains Came, and in 1944 for Crash Dive.

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Awards

Academy Award for Best Special Effects1944
Academy Award for Best Special Effects1940

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An artificial lake created for the former film was named in his honor.

Country
United States
Category
Artists
Type
Artist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1890 to 1962 · aged 72

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