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Les Bowie

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Canadian-British special effect artist (1913–1979)

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Les Bowie (November 10, 1913 – January 27, 1979[1]) was aCanadian-bornspecial effects artist working mainly inBritain.

Bowie began his career as amatte painter in 1946.[2] His work found places in classic films such asGreat Expectations,Oliver Twist andThe Red Shoes.[3]

He created his own company in 1951 and worked freelance on projects for relatively low-budget studios such asHammer Films and Oakmont Productions. His films for Hammer includedThe Quatermass Xperiment (1955),Dracula (1958) andThe Kiss of the Vampire (1963). His Oakmont films wereAttack on the Iron Coast,Submarine X-1 andMosquito Squadron. Bowie worked withRay Harryhausen onJason and the Argonauts,First Men in the Moon,One Million Years B.C. andSinbad and the Eye of the Tiger.[4]

Notable non-Hammer films includedThe Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961),Fahrenheit 451 (1966)Casino Royale (1967) andThe Assassination Bureau (1969).

He was also one of a team to win anOscar for his work on the 1978 filmSuperman, specialising inmattes andcomposites.

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  1. ^Academy Awards Database: Les Bowie
  2. ^"Galeon - Popular Magazin 2021". Archived fromthe original on 23 September 2016. Retrieved8 April 2011.
  3. ^"Galeon - Popular Magazin 2021". Archived fromthe original on 23 September 2016. Retrieved8 April 2011.
  4. ^p.135 Webber, Roy P.The Dinosaur Films of Ray Harryhausen: Features, Early 16mm Experiments and Unrealized Projects McFarland, 2004

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