L.B. Abbott
Personal information
- Known for
- Visual Effects
- Known credits
- 58
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- June 13, 1908
- Died
- September 28, 1985
- Place of birth
- Pasadena, California, USA.
- Also known as
- Bill Abbott Lenwood Ballard Abbott
Biography
Lenwood Ballard "Bill" Abbott, A.S.C. (June 13, 1908 – September 28, 1985) was an American 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. However, he was called out of retirement 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 member of the American Society of Cinematographers.
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Filmography
Visual Effects
35 titles
1970
Crew
21 titles
1969
