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Gene Warren(1916-1997)

  • Visual Effects
  • Producer
  • Animation Department
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Gene Warren was born on 12 August 1916 in Boulder, Colorado, USA. He was a producer, known for The Time Machine (1960), Land of the Lost (1974) and Kronos (1957). He died on 17 July 1997 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
BornAugust 12, 1916
DiedJuly 17, 1997(80)
BornAugust 12, 1916
DiedJuly 17, 1997(80)
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  • Won 1 Oscar
    • 3 wins total

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Known for

Rod Taylor and Yvette Mimieux in The Time Machine (1960)
The Time Machine
7.5
  • Visual Effects
  • 1960
Kathy Coleman, Wesley Eure, Jon Locke, Spencer Milligan, Bill Boyd, and The Krofft Puppets in Land of the Lost (1974)
Land of the Lost
7.1
TV Series
  • Producer
Barbara Lawrence and Jeff Morrow in Kronos (1957)
Kronos
5.7
  • Visual Effects
  • 1957
Dinosaurus! (1960)
Dinosaurus!
4.9
  • Visual Effects
  • 1960

Credits

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Visual Effects



  • Stucco (2019)
    Stucco
    5.6
    Short
    • vfx: Thingery Inc.
    • 2019
  • Mandala (2015)
    Mandala
    8.0
    Short
    • visual effects supervisor
    • 2015
  • Vincent Perez in The Crow: City of Angels (1996)
    The Crow: City of Angels
    4.6
    • HO supervisor: Fantasy II Film Effects (as Gene Warren Sr.)
    • 1996
  • Dollman (1991)
    Dollman
    5.2
    Video
    • spaceship miniature
    • 1991
  • Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land (1983)
    Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land
    4.9
    TV Movie
    • special consultant
    • 1983
  • Henry Fonda, Natalie Wood, Sean Connery, Brian Keith, Martin Landau, Karl Malden, and Trevor Howard in Meteor (1979)
    Meteor
    5.1
    • visual effects (uncredited)
    • 1979
  • Mia Farrow and Rock Hudson in Avalanche (1978)
    Avalanche
    3.8
    • visual effects (uncredited)
    • 1978
  • Man from Atlantis (1977)
    Man from Atlantis
    6.5
    TV Series
    • photographic effects
    • 1977–1978
  • Black Sunday (1977)
    Black Sunday
    6.8
    • visual effects (uncredited)
    • 1977
  • George Hamilton, Richard Carlson, Arthur O'Connell, and Suzanne Pleshette in The Power (1968)
    The Power
    5.9
    • special visual effects
    • 1968
  • Barbara Eden, Claire Bloom, Laurence Harvey, Karlheinz Böhm, Yvette Mimieux, and Russ Tamblyn in The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962)
    The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
    6.5
    • special visual effects
    • 1962
  • Kerwin Mathews, Judi Meredith, and Torin Thatcher in Jack the Giant Killer (1962)
    Jack the Giant Killer
    6.3
    • stop-motion animator
    • 1962
  • Atlantis: The Lost Continent (1961)
    Atlantis: The Lost Continent
    5.5
    • visual effects (uncredited)
    • 1961
  • Dinosaurus! (1960)
    Dinosaurus!
    4.9
    • special photographic effects
    • 1960
  • Rod Taylor and Yvette Mimieux in The Time Machine (1960)
    The Time Machine
    7.5
    • special photographic effects
    • 1960

Producer



  • Kathy Coleman, Wesley Eure, Jon Locke, Spencer Milligan, Bill Boyd, and The Krofft Puppets in Land of the Lost (1974)
    Land of the Lost
    7.1
    TV Series
    • associate producer
    • 1974–1975

Animation Department



  • Ike Barinholtz, Taran Killam, Bobby Lee, Kenan Thompson, Paula Pell, and Seth Meyers in The Awesomes (2013)
    The Awesomes
    7.2
    TV Series
    • background supervisor
    • 2013
  • Russ Tamblyn in Tom Thumb (1958)
    Tom Thumb
    6.5
    • animator
    • 1958
  • Duke Ellington and Walter Tetley in Date with Duke (1947)
    Date with Duke
    7.0
    Short
    • animator
    • 1947
  • Gary Cooper, William Holden, Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, Burt Lancaster, Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Ray Milland, Barbara Stanwyck, Paulette Goddard, Joan Caulfield, Cass Daley, Billy De Wolfe, Barry Fitzgerald, Mary Hatcher, Dorothy Lamour, Gail Russell, Olga San Juan, Lizabeth Scott, and Sonny Tufts in Variety Girl (1947)
    Variety Girl
    6.3
    • animator: puppetoon sequence (uncredited)
    • 1947
  • The Way of Peace (1947)
    The Way of Peace
    5.4
    Short
    • animator
    • 1947
  • Peggy Lee and Charlie Barnet and His Orchestra in Jasper in a Jam (1946)
    Jasper in a Jam
    7.0
    Short
    • animator (as G. Warren)
    • 1946
  • Pinto Colvig, Paul Hilton, Jack Mather, and Max Smith in A Hatful of Dreams (1944)
    A Hatful of Dreams
    7.3
    Short
    • animator (uncredited)
    • 1944
  • Pat McGeehan in Western Daze (1941)
    Western Daze
    7.4
    Short
    • animator (uncredited)
    • 1941

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Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Gene Warren Sr.
  • Born
    • August 12, 1916
    • Boulder, Colorado, USA
  • Died
    • July 17, 1997
    • Los Angeles, California, USA(cancer)
  • Children
    • Gene Warren Jr.

Did you know

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    Father of Gene Warren Jr., who took over the family business and later won an Academy Award for visual effects on Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991). Grandfather of Jon Warren, who is also in the business as Head of Physical Production at the effects company VCU.

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