L. B. Abbott
Lenwood Ballard "Bill" Abbott, A.S.C. 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. He was called out of retirement, however, to work on the TV series M*A*S*H in 1972. Abbott was a member of the American Society of Cinematographers.
Awards and nominations
- Special Visual Effects for Doctor Dolittle
- Special Visual Effects for Tora! Tora! Tora!
- Academy Award for [Best Visual Effects|Special Achievement Award ] for The [Poseidon Adventure |The Poseidon Adventure], with A. D. Flowers
- Special Visual Effects for Logan's Run, with Glen Robinson and Matthew Yuricich
- Special Effects for Journey to the [Center of the Earth |Journey to the Center of the Earth] : Abbott, James B. Gordon and Carlton W. Faulkner
Selected filmography
- The Day [the Earth Stood Still]
- The Enemy Below
- Journey to the Center of the Earth
- Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
- The [Sound of Music |The Sound of Music]
- Fantastic Voyage
- Doctor Dolittle
- Planet of the Apes
- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
- Patton
- The Poseidon Adventure
- The Towering Inferno
- Logan's Run
- The Swarm
- ''When Time Ran Out''
Television credits
- Voyage to the [Bottom of the Sea |Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea]
- Lost in Space
- The Time Tunnel
- ''M*A*S*H''