Biography for
L.B. Abbott

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Geburtstag

13 June 1908, Pasadena, California, USA

Todestag

28 September 1985, Los Angeles, California, USA

Bürgerlicher Name

Lenwood Ballard Abbott

Spitzname

Bill
Bud

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He became the head of the Special Effects Department at 20th Century Fox in 1957.

He bagan his career in the business as a cameraman at the age of 18.

His father, Lenwood Abbott, was a cinematographer on silent films.

He became a Director of Photography in 1943 and was placed in charge of the Special Effects Camera Department at 20th Century Fox, under the supervision of Fred Sersen.

He was the director of special effects for all 20th Century Fox television productions from 1953 until his retirement from the company in 1970. He was called out of retirement in 1972 to do the series "M*A*S*H" (1972).

Four months after graduating from Hollywood High School, he got is first job in the industry on the special effects crew of What Price Glory (1926) for Fox Film Corporation.

His book "Special Effects-Wire,Tape and Rubber Band Style" was published less than a year before his death.

Although he officially "retired" in 1970, for the next decade he was frequently called out of retirement to work on large scale projects.

Member of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC).

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