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Roy Pomeroy

Special effects designer (1892-1947) · United States · On the map · Directors · Died at 55

Roy Pomeroy was an American special effects artist and film director. One of the only three technicians that founded the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, he was awarded the Academy Award for Engineering Effects for the film Wings at the 1st Academy Awards.

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1947Died3 September 19471934ShockFilm, Director, Writer1930Inside the LinesFilm, Director1929Academy Award for Best Engineering EffectsAwardInterferenceFilm, 1929Director1892Born20 April 1892

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Awards

Academy Award for Best Engineering Effects1929

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Country
United States
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1892 to 1947 · aged 55

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