Gene Warren


Gene Warren Sr. was born in Denver, Colorado, and won an Academy Award for the special effects on George Pal's The Time Machine in 1960. He also contributed to such projects as The Way of Peace, Land of the Lost, Man from Atlantis, and '.
He operated several visual effects companies in Hollywood over the years: Excelsior Productions and Centaur Productions; the latter teaming with fellow effects artist Wah Ming Chang. Gene died of cancer on July 17th, 1997 in Los Angeles.
His son, Gene Warren Jr., owns Fantasy II Film Effects and won an Academy Award for visual effects on
'.

Professional memberships

He was also an honorary member of Science Fiction Fantasy International and Fantasy Film Fans International.

Awards

Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences

Special Effects Award

The Time Machine

George Pal/MGM



Parents Magazine

Best Children's Show

The Tool Box

Excelsior!Amp/ABC-TV



Georges Melies Hall of Fame

The Seven Faces of Doctor Lao

George Pal/MGM



Georges Melies Hall of Fame

The Time Machine

George Pal/MGM



Art Directors & Artists Club of San Francisco

Billfold

Excelsior!Amp/Daniel Lewis Adv



Western Advertisers Association

Chuck Wagon-Farm

Excelsior!Amp/Gardner Adv

Writer/Producer/Associate Producer/Director

Theatrical film

Starflight One - Writer



Television series

Land of the Lost - Writer/Producer



Shorts

The Tool Box

Susy Snowflake

Santa and the Three Dwarfs

Land of the Midnight Sun



Documentary & training films

Mariner I

Mariner III

Apollo



Television commercials

Over 1200 commercials primarily for national prestige accounts and featuring such specialized concepts as The Pillsbury Dough Boy and Ralston-Purina's Chuck Wagon.

Production Designer/Special Effects Director/2nd Unit Director

Theatrical film

The French Atlantic Affair

Meteor

Avalanche

Black Sunday

McNamara's Band

Satan's School for Girls

My Name is John

The Power

7 Faces of Dr. Lao

Wonderful Worlds of the Brothers Grimm

The Time Machine

Tom Thumb

Around the World Under the Sea

Atlantis, The Lost Continent

Master of the World

The Lost Balloon

Jack the Giant Killer

Voyage to the 7th Planet

McHale's Navy

That Funny Feeling

Goliath and the Dragon

Spartacus

The Warlords

The King and I

Andromeda Strain

Can Can

The One With the Fuzz

Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

The Crow



Television series

The Man from Atlantis

Star Trek

Outer Limits

Twilight Zone

Documentaries

Gene Warren appeared in the George Pal documentary titled The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal .
Mr. Warren was a guest in the documentary Produced and Directed by Clyde Lucas