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- Birth nameLinwood Gale Dunn
- Linwood G. Dunn was born on December 27, 1904 in New York City, New York, USA. He is known for West Side Story (1961), It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) and The Thing from Another World (1951). He was married to Alice Dunn. He died on May 15, 1998 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- SpouseAlice Dunn(? - May 15, 1998) (his death, 4 children)
- Children
- His uncle was noted serial director Spencer Gordon Bennet. He hired Dunn as an assistant cameraman on The Green Archer (1940). When Pathe moved its serial unit to Hollywood, both Bennet and Dunn made the move.
- He was regarded as the master of the optical printer. He made refinements to the optical printer and developed techniques for its use in special visual effects.
- In 1946, while still at RKO, he established his own independent special effects company, Film Effects of Hollywood. The company specialized in optical effects and optical printing services. including adapting foreign film standards to U.S. standards and the handling of large format films.
- He developed and built one of the first zoom lenses.
- He built one of the first optical printers using a Mitchell camera and a projector mounted on a heavy lathe bed.
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