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Gordon Jennings

EN cinema · 81 credits

Born

25 June 1896

Died

11 January 1953 (aged 56)

Birthplace

Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gordon Jennings, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

Filmography

Little Boy Lost poster

Little Boy Lost

EN · 19538.0

Special Effects

Shane poster

Shane

EN · 19537.3

Visual Effects

Stalag 17 poster

Stalag 17

EN · 19537.7

Special Effects

The War of the Worlds poster

The War of the Worlds

EN · 19536.8

Visual Effects

Scared Stiff poster

Scared Stiff

EN · 19536.5

Special Effects

Here Come the Girls poster

Here Come the Girls

EN · 19534.6

Special Effects

Come Back, Little Sheba poster

Come Back, Little Sheba

EN · 19537.3

Visual Effects

Forever Female poster

Forever Female

EN · 19536.9

Visual Effects

Just for You poster

Just for You

EN · 19525.4

Special Effects

Off Limits poster

Off Limits

EN · 19525.9

Special Effects

Son of Paleface poster

Son of Paleface

EN · 19526.4

Special Effects

My Son John poster

My Son John

EN · 19525.6

Visual Effects

Sailor Beware poster

Sailor Beware

EN · 19526.2

Special Effects

Jumping Jacks poster

Jumping Jacks

EN · 19526.5

Special Effects

Road to Bali poster

Road to Bali

EN · 19526.2

Special Effects

The Turning Point poster

The Turning Point

EN · 19526.2

Visual Effects

My Favorite Spy poster

My Favorite Spy

EN · 19516.0

Special Effects

Here Comes the Groom poster

Here Comes the Groom

EN · 19515.4

Special Effects

A Place in the Sun poster

A Place in the Sun

EN · 19517.3

Special Effects

The Stooge poster

The Stooge

EN · 19516.6

Special Effects

Fancy Pants poster

Fancy Pants

EN · 19505.8

Special Effects

No Man of Her Own poster

No Man of Her Own

EN · 19506.9

Special Effects

The Furies poster

The Furies

EN · 19507.2

Visual Effects

Sunset Boulevard poster

Sunset Boulevard

EN · 19508.3

Visual Effects

My Friend Irma Goes West poster

My Friend Irma Goes West

EN · 19506.3

Special Effects

Sorrowful Jones poster

Sorrowful Jones

EN · 19496.6

Special Effects

The Great Lover poster

The Great Lover

EN · 19497.1

Special Effects

The Great Gatsby poster

The Great Gatsby

EN · 19495.4

Special Effects

The Accused poster

The Accused

EN · 19496.2

Visual Effects

The Heiress poster

The Heiress

EN · 19497.8

Visual Effects

The File on Thelma Jordon poster

The File on Thelma Jordon

EN · 19496.5

Special Effects

My Friend Irma poster

My Friend Irma

EN · 19496.9

Special Effects

The Paleface poster

The Paleface

EN · 19486.1

Special Effects

A Foreign Affair poster

A Foreign Affair

EN · 19487.1

Special Effects

Whispering Smith poster

Whispering Smith

EN · 19486.7

Visual Effects

Hazard poster

Hazard

EN · 19488.0

Visual Effects

The Sainted Sisters poster

The Sainted Sisters

EN · 19487.3

Visual Effects

Sorry, Wrong Number poster

Sorry, Wrong Number

EN · 19486.8

Special Effects

The Big Clock poster

The Big Clock

EN · 19487.3

Special Effects

California poster

California

EN · 19476.8

Visual Effects, Special Effects

Road to Rio poster

Road to Rio

EN · 19476.8

Special Effects

My Favorite Brunette poster

My Favorite Brunette

EN · 19476.6

Special Effects, Visual Effects

Where There's Life poster

Where There's Life

EN · 19476.4

Special Effects

Saigon poster

Saigon

EN · 19476.0

Visual Effects

Unconquered poster

Unconquered

EN · 19476.5

Visual Effects Director

Desert Fury poster

Desert Fury

EN · 19476.0

Visual Effects

Road to Utopia poster

Road to Utopia

EN · 19466.8

Special Effects

Monsieur Beaucaire poster

Monsieur Beaucaire

EN · 19465.7

Special Effects

The Virginian poster

The Virginian

EN · 19466.0

Visual Effects

Calcutta poster

Calcutta

EN · 19466.4

Visual Effects

The Bride Wore Boots poster

The Bride Wore Boots

EN · 19466.1

Visual Effects

The Lost Weekend poster

The Lost Weekend

EN · 19457.6

Visual Effects

A Medal for Benny poster

A Medal for Benny

EN · 19455.6

Special Effects

Murder, He Says poster

Murder, He Says

EN · 19456.8

Visual Effects

Kitty poster

Kitty

EN · 19455.7

Visual Effects

Going My Way poster

Going My Way

EN · 19446.7

Special Effects

Our Hearts Were Young and Gay poster

Our Hearts Were Young and Gay

EN · 19447.5

Visual Effects

No Time for Love poster

No Time for Love

EN · 19437.0

Visual Effects

China poster

China

EN · 19436.9

Visual Effects

For Whom the Bell Tolls poster

For Whom the Bell Tolls

EN · 19436.5

Special Effects

So Proudly We Hail poster

So Proudly We Hail

EN · 19435.7

Special Effects, Visual Effects

Road to Morocco poster

Road to Morocco

EN · 19426.9

Special Effects

This Gun for Hire poster

This Gun for Hire

EN · 19427.0

Special Effects

Reap the Wild Wind poster

Reap the Wild Wind

EN · 19426.3

Visual Effects

I Married a Witch poster

I Married a Witch

EN · 19426.9

Visual Effects

The Mad Doctor poster

The Mad Doctor

EN · 19406.2

Special Effects

North West Mounted Police poster

North West Mounted Police

EN · 19406.4

Visual Effects

Union Pacific poster

Union Pacific

EN · 19396.7

Special Effects

Rulers of the Sea poster

Rulers of the Sea

EN · 19396.7

Visual Effects

If I Were King poster

If I Were King

EN · 19387.2

Visual Effects, Special Effects

Make Way for Tomorrow poster

Make Way for Tomorrow

EN · 19377.5

Visual Effects

Wells Fargo poster

Wells Fargo

EN · 19375.5

Special Effects

Artists & Models poster

Artists & Models

EN · 19376.3

Special Effects

The General Died at Dawn poster

The General Died at Dawn

EN · 19366.5

Visual Effects

Peter Ibbetson poster

Peter Ibbetson

EN · 19357.0

Visual Effects

Death Takes a Holiday poster

Death Takes a Holiday

EN · 19346.3

Visual Effects

The Scarlet Empress poster

The Scarlet Empress

EN · 19346.9

Special Effects

King of the Jungle poster

King of the Jungle

EN · 19335.8

Special Effects

Three Cornered Moon poster

Three Cornered Moon

EN · 19336.0

Visual Effects

Our Hospitality poster

Our Hospitality

EN · 19237.5

Director of Photography

The Blot poster

The Blot

EN · 19216.3

Director of Photography