Education
He was educated at Columbia University and the Arts Students League.
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Albert Gillespie
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Gillespie joined Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer as a set designer in 1925, a year after it was founded. His first project was the silent film Ben-Hur, released that same year. He worked at the studio in various capacities until 1962.
In 1936, he became the head of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer"s Special Effects Department.
He wrote a book, The Wizard of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer: Memoirs of A. Arnold Gillespie. Gillispie"s nickname was "Buddy.".
Achievements
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Wins shown in bold Special Effects 1939: The Wizard of Oz – Photographic Special Effects 1940: Boom Town – Photographic Special Effects 1941: Flight Command – Photographic Special Effects 1942: Mistress Miniver – Photographic (with Warren Newcombe) Special Effects 1943: Stand By Foreign Action – Photographic (with Donald Jahraus) Special Effects 1944: Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo – Photographic (with Donald Jahraus and Warren Newcombe) Special Effects 1945: They Were Expendable – Photographic (with Donald Jahraus and R A MacDonald) Special Effects 1947: Green Dolphin Street – Visual (with Warren Newcombe) Special Effects 1956: Forbidden Planet Special Effects 1958: Torpedo Run – Special Effects (Visual) Special Effects 1959: Ben-Hur – Special Effects (Visual) (with Robert A MacDonald) Special Effects 1962: Mutiny On The Bounty – Special Effects (Visual) Scientific or Technical (Class III) 1963: Foreign the engineering of an improved Background Process Projection System (with Douglas Shearer).
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Born
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Nationality
United States