About

Known credits:
82
Birthday:
1896-06-25
Place of birth:
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Website:
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Gordon Jennings

Overview

Gordon Jennings, A.S.C. (1896 – January 11, 1953) was an American special effects artist. He received seven Academy Awards (mainly for Best Special Effects) and was nominated for eight more in the same category. After starting in 1919 in Hollywood as a camera assistant, he worked from 1932 until 1953 on the visual and special effects of more than 180 films. His older brother was cinematographer Devereaux Jennings (1884-1952), who filmed, for instance, Buster Keaton's monumental The General in 1926.

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Known for

Camera
1923 Our Hospitality Camera Director of Photography 64
Fair
1921 The Blot Camera Director of Photography 58
Average

Crew
1953 Here Come the Girls Crew Special Effects 58
Average
1953 Little Boy Lost Crew Special Effects 58
Average
1953 Stalag 17 Crew Special Effects 68
Fair
1953 Scared Stiff Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1953 Road to Bali Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1952 Off Limits Crew Special Effects 58
Average
1952 Just for You Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1952 Son of Paleface Crew Special Effects 58
Average
1952 The Turning Point Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1952 Jumping Jacks Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1952 Sailor Beware Crew Special Effects 58
Average
1951 My Favorite Spy Crew Special Effects 58
Average
1951 The Stooge Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1951 Here Comes the Groom Crew Special Effects 58
Average
1951 A Place in the Sun Crew Special Effects 64
Fair
1950 Fancy Pants Crew Special Effects 58
Average
1950 My Friend Irma Goes West Crew Special Effects 58
Average
1950 No Man of Her Own Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1949 The Great Lover Crew Special Effects 58
Average
1949 The File on Thelma Jordon Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1949 My Friend Irma Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1949 The Great Gatsby Crew Special Effects 58
Average
1949 Sorrowful Jones Crew Special Effects 58
Average
1948 The Paleface Crew Special Effects 58
Average
1948 Sorry, Wrong Number Crew Special Effects 61
Fair
1948 A Foreign Affair Crew Special Effects 61
Fair
1948 The Big Clock Crew Special Effects 62
Fair
1947 Road to Rio Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1947 Where There's Life Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1947 My Favorite Brunette Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1947 California Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1946 Monsieur Beaucaire Crew Special Effects 58
Average
1946 Road to Utopia Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1945 A Medal for Benny Crew Special Effects 58
Average
1944 Going My Way Crew Special Effects 60
Fair
1943 So Proudly We Hail Crew Special Effects 58
Average
1943 For Whom the Bell Tolls Crew Special Effects 60
Fair
1942 Road to Morocco Crew Special Effects 60
Fair
1942 I Married a Witch Crew Special Effects 61
Fair
1942 This Gun for Hire Crew Special Effects 61
Fair
1940 The Mad Doctor Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1939 Union Pacific Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1938 If I Were King Crew Special Effects 58
Average
1937 Wells Fargo Crew Special Effects 58
Average
1937 Artists & Models Crew Special Effects 58
Average
1933 King of the Jungle Crew Special Effects 58
Average

Visual Effects
1953 The War of the Worlds Visual Effects Visual Effects 63
Fair
1953 Shane Visual Effects Visual Effects 67
Fair
1953 Come Back, Little Sheba Visual Effects Visual Effects 59
Average
1952 My Son John Visual Effects Visual Effects 58
Average
1950 Sunset Boulevard Visual Effects Visual Effects 79
Good
1950 The Furies Visual Effects Visual Effects 60
Fair
1949 The Heiress Visual Effects Visual Effects 65
Fair
1949 The Accused Visual Effects Visual Effects 58
Average
1948 Whispering Smith Visual Effects Visual Effects 58
Average
1948 Hazard Visual Effects Visual Effects 59
Average
1948 The Sainted Sisters Visual Effects Visual Effects 59
Average
1947 Saigon Visual Effects Visual Effects 58
Average
1947 Unconquered Visual Effects Visual Effects Director 58
Average
1947 My Favorite Brunette Visual Effects Visual Effects 59
Average
1947 California Visual Effects Visual Effects 59
Average
1946 Calcutta Visual Effects Visual Effects 58
Average
1946 The Bride Wore Boots Visual Effects Visual Effects 58
Average
1946 The Virginian Visual Effects Visual Effects 59
Average
1945 The Lost Weekend Visual Effects Visual Effects 68
Fair
1945 Kitty Visual Effects Visual Effects 58
Average
1945 Murder, He Says Visual Effects Visual Effects 59
Average
1944 Our Hearts Were Young and Gay Visual Effects Visual Effects 58
Average
1943 So Proudly We Hail Visual Effects Visual Effects 58
Average
1943 China Visual Effects Visual Effects 59
Average
1943 No Time for Love Visual Effects Visual Effects 58
Average
1942 Reap the Wild Wind Visual Effects Visual Effects 59
Average
1940 North West Mounted Police Visual Effects Visual Effects 58
Average
1939 Rulers of the Sea Visual Effects Visual Effects 59
Average
1938 If I Were King Visual Effects Visual Effects 58
Average
1937 Make Way for Tomorrow Visual Effects Visual Effects 63
Fair
1936 The General Died at Dawn Visual Effects Visual Effects 58
Average
1935 Peter Ibbetson Visual Effects Visual Effects 59
Average
1934 Death Takes a Holiday Visual Effects Visual Effects 59
Average
1933 Three Cornered Moon Visual Effects Visual Effects 58
Average