Willis H. O'Brien
1886 - 1962 (age 76) • Directing
Willis H. O'Brien
Willis O'Brien was an American special effects pioneer in the field of stop-motion animation.
Known For
King Kong
76%
Visual Effects
1933
King Kong vs. Godzilla
69%
Original Story
1962
King Kong vs. Godzilla
65%
Original Story
1963
The Lost World
67%
Special Effects
1925
The Son of Kong
54%
Visual Effects
1933
Mighty Joe Young
64%
Visual Effects
1949
The Lost World
58%
Visual Effects
1960
The Black Scorpion
52%
Visual Effects
1957
King Kong: Monster and Myth
72%
Self - Animator (archive footage)
2024
King Kong vs. Godzilla
65%
Original Story
1963
King Kong vs. Godzilla
69%
Original Story
1962
The Lost World
58%
Visual Effects
1960
The Giant Behemoth
58%
Special Effects
1959
The Giant Behemoth
58%
Visual Effects
1959
The Black Scorpion
52%
Visual Effects
1957
The Black Scorpion
52%
Special Effects Supervisor
1957
The Beast of Hollow Mountain
43%
Idea
1956
The Beast of Hollow Mountain
43%
Original Story
1956
The Animal World
70%
Special Effects
1956
The Animal World
70%
Visual Effects
1956
Mighty Joe Young
64%
Visual Effects
1949
The Last Days of Pompeii
58%
Visual Effects
1935
The Son of Kong
54%
Visual Effects
1933
King Kong
76%
Visual Effects
1933
Creation
65%
Director
1931
Creation
65%
Special Effects
1931
Just Imagine
58%
Set Designer
1930
The Lost World
67%
Special Effects
1925
The Lost World
67%
Visual Effects
1925
Along the Moonbeam Trail
61%
Director
1920
The Ghost of Slumber Mountain
59%
Ghost of 'Mad Dick', the Hermit (uncredited)
1918
The Ghost of Slumber Mountain
59%
Director
1918
The Ghost of Slumber Mountain
59%
Writer
1918
The Ghost of Slumber Mountain
59%
Cinematography
1918
The Ghost of Slumber Mountain
59%
Special Effects
1918
R.F.D., 10,000 B.C.
60%
Director
1917