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Special effects artist (1896-1953)

United StatesLived 1896 to 1953 · aged 56
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C. was an American special effects artist. He received seven Academy Awards and was nominated for eight more in the same category. After starting 1919 in Hollywood as camera assistant he worked from 1932 until 1953 on the visual and special effects of more than 180 films.

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1952Scientific and Engineering Award
1945Academy Award for Technical Achievement
1943Academy Award for Best Special Effects
1942Academy Award for Best Special Effects
1939Academy Honorary Award

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Gordon Jennings, A.S.C. was an American special effects artist. He received seven Academy Awards and was nominated for eight more in the same category. After starting 1919 in Hollywood as camera assistant he worked from 1932 until 1953 on the visual and special effects of more than 180 films. His older brother was cinematographer Devereaux Jennings (1884-1952), who filmed, for instance, Buster Keaton's monumental The General in 1926.

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Lived 1896 to 1953 · aged 56
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