Bert I. Gordon
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
|
Related e |
|
Featured: |
Bert I. Gordon (1922 – 2023) was an American filmmaker and visual effects artist known for such films as King Dinosaur (1955), The Amazing Colossal Man (1957), Earth vs. the Spider (1958), Village of the Giants (1965), and Empire of the Ants (1977).
Most of Gordon's work is in the idiom of giant monster films, for which he used rear-projection to create the special effects. He was nicknamed "Mr. B.I.G." by Forrest J Ackerman, a reference to both his initials and his films' tendency to feature super-sized creatures.
[edit]
Filmography
As director-producer. Source for credits, years and primary titles:
| Year | Title | Comments | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | Serpent Island | Producer, screenwriter, and co-director with Tom Gries | ||
| 1955 | King Dinosaur | |||
| 1957 | The Cyclops | Also screenwriter, special effects | ||
| The Amazing Colossal Man | Also screenwriter, special effects | |||
| Beginning of the End | Also special effects | |||
| 1958 | Earth vs. the Spider | - | War of the Colossal Beast | a.k.a. Terror Strikes. Also screenwriter, special effects |
| Attack of the Puppet People | Also screenwriter | |||
| 1960 | Tormented | Also special effects | ||
| The Boy and the Pirates | ||||
| 1962 | The Magic Sword | |||
| 1965 | Village of the Giants | Based on "The Food of the Gods" by H. G. Wells. Also special effects | ||
| 1966 | Picture Mommy Dead | a.k.a. Color Mommy Dead | ||
| 1970 | How to Succeed with Sex | Director and screenwriter only | ||
| 1972 | The Witching | a.k.a. Necromancy. Also screenwriter. | ||
| The Mad Bomber | a.k.a. Detective Geronimo, The Police Connection | |||
| 1976 | The Food of the Gods | Also screenwriter. Based on "The Food of the Gods" by H. G. Wells | ||
| 1977 | Empire of the Ants | Also screenwriter, special effects. | ||
| 1981 | Burned at the Stake | a.k.a. The Coming. Director only | ||
| 1982 | Let's Do It! | Director only | ||
| 1985 | The Big Bet | Also screenwriter | ||
| 1990 | Satan's Princess | a.k.a. Heat from Another Sun, Princess of Darkness, Malediction. Also producer | ||
| 2014 | Secrets of a Psychopath | Also screenwriter |
[edit]
See also
Unless indicated otherwise, the text in this article is either based on Wikipedia article "Bert I. Gordon" or another language Wikipedia page thereof used under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License; or on research by Jahsonic. See Art and Popular Culture's copyright notice.
