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Art Cruickshank(1918-1983)

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  • Special Effects
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Art Cruickshank was born on 17 December 1918 in Massachusetts, USA. He is known for The Black Hole (1979), Fantastic Voyage (1966) and Tron (1982). He died on 22 May 1983 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.
BornDecember 17, 1918
DiedMay 22, 1983(64)
BornDecember 17, 1918
DiedMay 22, 1983(64)
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  • Won 1 Oscar
    • 1 win & 1 nomination total

Known for

The Black Hole (1979)
The Black Hole
5.9
  • Visual Effects
  • 1979
Raquel Welch, Donald Pleasence, Stephen Boyd, Saul David, Richard Fleischer, Edmond O'Brien, and Arthur O'Connell in Fantastic Voyage (1966)
Fantastic Voyage
6.8
  • Visual Effects
  • 1966
Tron (1982)
Tron
6.7
  • Visual Effects
  • 1982
Maurice Evans in Planet of the Apes (1968)
Planet of the Apes
8.0
  • Visual Effects
  • 1968

Credits

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Visual Effects

  • Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)
    Something Wicked This Way Comes
    6.7
    • special photographic effects
    • 1983
  • Tron (1982)
    Tron
    6.7
    • photographic process lab supervisor
    • 1982
  • Barbara Carrera, Oliver Reed, and Michael Crawford in Condorman (1981)
    Condorman
    5.7
    • special photographic effects
    • 1981
  • The Watcher in the Woods (1980)
    The Watcher in the Woods
    6.2
    • special photographic effects: final sequence
    • 1980
  • The Black Hole (1979)
    The Black Hole
    5.9
    • director of miniature photography
    • 1979
  • Charlie Callas and Sean Marshall in Pete's Dragon (1977)
    Pete's Dragon
    6.4
    • visual effects supervisor (uncredited)
    • 1977
  • Mystery in Dracula's Castle (1973)
    Mystery in Dracula's Castle
    6.3
    TV Movie
    • special visual effects
    • 1973
  • They Call It Murder (1971)
    They Call It Murder
    5.6
    TV Movie
    • special optical effects
    • 1971
  • Earth II (1971)
    Earth II
    5.5
    TV Movie
    • special photographic effects
    • 1971
  • James Earl Jones and Jane Alexander in The Great White Hope (1970)
    The Great White Hope
    6.9
    • special photographic effects
    • 1970
  • Cover Me Babe (1970)
    Cover Me Babe
    4.4
    • special photographic effects
    • 1970
  • Martin Balsam, Joseph Cotten, Jason Robards, E.G. Marshall, Tatsuya Mihashi, Koreya Senda, Takahiro Tamura, Eijirō Tōno, James Whitmore, and Sō Yamamura in Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
    Tora! Tora! Tora!
    7.5
    • special photographic effects
    • 1970
  • Move (1970)
    Move
    5.1
    • special photographic effects
    • 1970
  • Myra Breckinridge (1970)
    Myra Breckinridge
    4.5
    • special photographic effects
    • 1970
  • Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)
    Beneath the Planet of the Apes
    6.0
    • special photographic effects
    • 1970

Special Effects

  • Walt Disney in The Magical World of Disney (1954)
    The Magical World of Disney
    8.3
    TV Series
    • special effects
    • 1958–1981
  • Bill Cosby and Elliott Gould in The Devil and Max Devlin (1981)
    The Devil and Max Devlin
    5.0
    • special effects
    • 1981
  • The Ghosts of Buxley Hall (1980)
    The Ghosts of Buxley Hall
    5.6
    TV Movie
    • special effects
    • 1980
  • Cloris Leachman and Charles Martin Smith in Herbie Goes Bananas (1980)
    Herbie Goes Bananas
    4.9
    • special effects
    • 1980
  • Elliott Gould in The Last Flight of Noah's Ark (1980)
    The Last Flight of Noah's Ark
    5.7
    • special effects
    • 1980
  • The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again (1979)
    The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again
    6.0
    • special effects
    • 1979
  • Cloris Leachman, Susan Clark, Barbara Harris, Patsy Kelly, and Karen Valentine in The North Avenue Irregulars (1979)
    The North Avenue Irregulars
    6.7
    • special effects
    • 1979
  • Sean Marshall, Clarence Nash, and Hal Smith in The Small One (1978)
    The Small One
    7.5
    Short
    • special effects (uncredited)
    • 1978
  • Hot Lead and Cold Feet (1978)
    Hot Lead and Cold Feet
    6.1
    • special effects
    • 1978
  • The Cat from Outer Space (1978)
    The Cat from Outer Space
    6.0
    • special effects
    • 1978
  • Bette Davis, Christopher Lee, Kim Richards, and Ike Eisenmann in Return from Witch Mountain (1978)
    Return from Witch Mountain
    5.7
    • special effects
    • 1978
  • Charlie Callas and Sean Marshall in Pete's Dragon (1977)
    Pete's Dragon
    6.4
    • special effects
    • 1977
  • Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo (1977)
    Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
    5.7
    • special effects
    • 1977
  • Jodie Foster, John Astin, Barbara Harris, and Vicki Schreck in Freaky Friday (1976)
    Freaky Friday
    6.3
    • special effects
    • 1976
  • Dean Jones in The Shaggy D.A. (1976)
    The Shaggy D.A.
    5.8
    • special effects
    • 1976

Personal details

  • Born
    • December 17, 1918
    • Massachusetts, USA
  • Died
    • May 22, 1983
    • Los Angeles County, California, USA

Did you know

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    Joined Disney in February 1939 as an animation camera operator. He handled layouts for the multiplane camera.

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