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Lee Zavits
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Leland "Lee" Zavitz (August 20, 1904– June 2, 1977) was a special effects technician. He was born in Mount Vernon, Washington. His first major impact was for his work on John Ford's 1937 film, The Hurricane. Zavitz's work on the 1950 space fantasy film Destination Moon won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. He also worked on films such as Around the World in Eighty Days (1956), The Alamo (1960), Sodom and Gomorrah (1963), The Pink Panther (1963) and John Frankenheimer's The Train (1964). His last film was Sydney Pollack's wartime chiller Castle Keep in 1969. Zavitz held patents on several devices used in his film work, including fog machines, rain bombs, an exploding wagon and "a lightning torch that can be seen for 50 miles."
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1904-08-20
- event Death Date 1977-06-02
- school Known for: Crew
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- info Birth Place Mount Vernon, Virginia, USA
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Bride of the Gorilla
1951-10-01
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The Pink Panther
1963-12-18
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The Crooked Way
1949-04-22
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Bait
1954-02-24
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The Diary of a Chambermaid
1946-02-15
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The River's Edge
1957-04-11
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The Hurricane
1937-11-09
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Destination Moon
1950-06-27
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Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd
1952-12-27
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Witness for the Prosecution
1957-12-17
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On the Beach
1959-12-16
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The Snow Creature
1954-11-01
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The Bushwhackers
1951-12-07
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Men in War
1957-05-03
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From the Earth to the Moon
1958-11-26
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Captain Kidd
1945-11-22
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Guest in the House
1944-12-08
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Viva Maria!
1965-11-22