Willis O Brien

King Kong 1993 - Empire State Building Known mainly for his work on King Kong Willis O Brien had played a massive part in the creative aspects of animation and had lenghtened the possibilities of stop motion animation majorly. The special effects artist was formerly a cartoonist for a newspaper and sculptor began creating short films in 1941. His work on the film version of Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World in 1925 and King Kong had been one of his most astonishing works in his career they are considered classic examples of stop motion photography which a picture is taken for each frame and placed together to create a fluent movement. Through out his career Brien had spent a major part of his time attempting to get financed. Brien is now considered a legend in the animation and horror genres and also animation lovers he pathed the way for various different animators through out. He had also been the first person to win an oscar for special effects