Alex Weldon (1914 - 10 January 2004) was an American visual effects artist. He was born in
Budapest, graduated from
Hollywood High School
Hollywood High School is a four-year public secondary school in the Los Angeles Unified School District, located at the intersection of North Highland Avenue and West Sunset Boulevard in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles, California.
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and attended
UCLA.
He was nominated for two
Academy Awards in the category of
Best Visual Effects
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Best Actor/Best Actress
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.
Selected filmography
* ''
Invasion of the Saucer Men (1957)''
* ''King of Kings (1961)''
* ''El Cid (1961)''
* ''The Longest Day (1961)''
* ''55 Days at Peking (1962)''
* ''The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)''
* Circus World (1964)
* Von Ryan's Express (1965)
* The Battle of the Bulge (1965)
* ''
Krakatoa: East of Java'' (1968) *
* ''
Patton'' (1970) *
* ''
Papillon'' (1973)
* The Wind and the Lion (1975)
* Islands in the Stream (1977)
* Orca - The Killer Whale (1977)
* Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1980)
(*) Nominated for Oscar award
References
1915 births
2004 deaths
Visual effects artists
Hungarian emigrants to the United States
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