L. B. Abbott

Infobox Actor
name = L. B. Abbott
birthname = Lenwood Ballard Abbott
birthdate = birth date|1908|6|13
location = Pasadena, California
deathdate = death date and age|1985|9|28|1908|6|13
deathplace = Los Angeles, California
academyawards = Best Special Visual Effect
1967 "Doctor Dolittle"
1970 "Tora! Tora! Tora!"
Special Achievement Award
1972 "The Poseidon Adventure"
1976 "Logan's Run"

Lenwood Ballard "Bill" Abbott also known as L. B. Abbott (13 June 1908, Pasadena, California - 28 September 1985, Los Angeles) was a special effects expert, cinematographer and cameraman.

He became the head of the Special Effects Department at 20th Century Fox in 1957, a post he held until retirement in 1970. He was called out of retirement, however, to work on the TV series "M*A*S*H" in 1972 (Abbott had worked on the film on which the series was based). Abbott was a memeber of the American Society of Cinematographers.

Awards and nominations

He was twice a co-winner of an Academy Special Achievement Award for visual effects for "The Poseidon Adventure" in 1972 and "Logan's Run" in 1976.

elected filmography

* "The Day the Earth Stood Still" (1951)
* "The Enemy Below" (1957)
* "The Sound of Music" (1965)
* "Fantastic Voyage" (1966)
* "Planet of the Apes" (1968)
* "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" (1969)
* "Patton" (1970)
* "MASH" (1972)
* "Logan's Run" (1976)

External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0008004/ IMDB - L.B. Abbott]