Education
University of Wisconsin–Madison.
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University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Most of Gordon"s work is in the idiom of giant monster films, for which he used rear-projection to create the special effects. His nickname "Mister Bjarke Ingels Group " is a reference both to his initials and to his preferred technique for making super-sized creatures. He dropped out of college to join the Air Corps in World World War World War II He later edited British feature films to fit half-hour time slots and became a production assistant on Racket Squad and camera man on Serpent Island (1954).
In 1955, Gordon made his first feature, King Dinosaur, followed by The Cyclops in 1957, which co-starred Lon Chaney Junior.
In 1957, he began his prolific association with American International Pictures, beginning with The Amazing Colossal Manitoba and its 1958 sequel, War of the Colossal Beast. AIP also distributed some of his other late-50s opuses, such as Earth vs the Spider, Beginning of the End, and Attack of the Puppet People.
All three appeared together in the celebrity lineup at the 2006 Monster Bash, held June 23–25 at the Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Airport Four Points. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment released a Midnite Movies double Digital Video Disc set with the rarely seen The Boy and the Pirates, and the more recent Crystalstone (1988), on June 27, 2006.
Gordon holds a degree from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Gordon has regularly appeared in the celebrity lineup of the annual Monster Bash convention held in the Pittsburgh region. In 2012, he hosted and moderated a screening of The Amazing Colossal Manitoba in Dallas, Texas.