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Wally Veevers(1917-1983)

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  • Visual Effects
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Wally Veevers was born on 1 April 1917. He is known for Superman (1978), 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) and Excalibur (1981). He died on 14 February 1983 in London, England, UK.
BornApril 1, 1917
DiedFebruary 14, 1983(65)
BornApril 1, 1917
DiedFebruary 14, 1983(65)
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  • Won 1 BAFTA Award
    • 1 win total

Known for

Gene Hackman, Terence Stamp, Ned Beatty, Christopher Reeve, Jackie Cooper, Sarah Douglas, Jeff East, Margot Kidder, Jack O'Halloran, Valerie Perrine, and Susannah York in Superman (1978)
Superman
7.4
  • Visual Effects
  • 1978
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
2001: A Space Odyssey
8.3
  • Visual Effects
  • 1968
Excalibur (1981)
Excalibur
7.3
  • Visual Effects
  • 1981
Sean Connery, Jill St. John, and Lana Wood in Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
Diamonds Are Forever
6.5
  • Visual Effects
  • 1971

Credits

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Special Effects

  • Burt Lancaster and Peter Riegert in Local Hero (1983)
    Local Hero
    7.3
    • special effects
    • 1983
  • Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977)
    Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger
    6.4
    • special effects (uncredited)
    • 1977
  • Sean Connery and Michael Caine in The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
    The Man Who Would Be King
    7.7
    • special effects (uncredited)
    • 1975
  • Tim Curry in The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
    The Rocky Horror Picture Show
    7.4
    • special effects
    • 1975
  • Lucifer Rising (1972)
    Lucifer Rising
    7.1
    Short
    • special effects (uncredited)
    • 1972
  • Alec Guinness, Albert Finney, Richard Beaumont, David Collings, Frances Cuka, Philip DaCosta, Edith Evans, Derek Francis, Gaynor Hodgson, Raymond Hoskins, Gordon Jackson, Roy Kinnear, Michael Medwin, Kenneth More, Laurence Naismith, Suzanne Neve, Anton Rodgers, Paddy Stone, and Kay Walsh in Scrooge (1970)
    Scrooge
    7.5
    • special effects
    • 1970
  • Robert Stephens in The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)
    The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
    7.0
    • special effects
    • 1970
  • Bernard Bresslaw, Adrienne Corri, Dudley Foster, Ori Levy, Warren Mitchell, James Olson, and Catherine Schell in Moon Zero Two (1969)
    Moon Zero Two
    4.5
    • special effects assistant (uncredited)
    • 1969
  • Laurence Olivier, Michael Caine, Christopher Plummer, Robert Shaw, Trevor Howard, Harry Andrews, Curd Jürgens, Ian McShane, Kenneth More, Nigel Patrick, Michael Redgrave, Ralph Richardson, Patrick Wymark, and Susannah York in Battle of Britain (1969)
    Battle of Britain
    6.9
    • special effects
    • 1969
  • Theodore Bikel, Harry Andrews, Stanley Baker, Nigel Davenport, Stuart Whitman, and Susannah York in Sands of the Kalahari (1965)
    Sands of the Kalahari
    6.7
    • special effects
    • 1965
  • John Neville in A Study in Terror (1965)
    A Study in Terror
    6.5
    • special effects
    • 1965
  • Die, Monster, Die! (1965)
    Die, Monster, Die!
    5.6
    • special effects
    • 1965
  • Rotten to the Core (1965)
    Rotten to the Core
    5.6
    • special effects
    • 1965
  • The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (1965)
    The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
    5.6
    • special effects
    • 1965
  • Lord Jim (1965)
    Lord Jim
    6.7
    • special effects
    • 1965

Visual Effects

  • Diamonds Are Forever: Satellite Test Reel
    5.9
    Video
    • visual effects
    • 2006
  • The Keep (1983)
    The Keep
    5.7
    • visual effects supervisor
    • 1983
  • Excalibur (1981)
    Excalibur
    7.3
    • special optical effects
    • 1981
  • Raise the Titanic (1980)
    Raise the Titanic
    5.2
    • matte effect supervisor: Europe
    • 1980
  • David Niven, Gregory Peck, Roger Moore, Trevor Howard, and Barbara Kellerman in The Sea Wolves (1980)
    The Sea Wolves
    6.3
    • optical effects (uncredited)
    • 1980
  • Kirk Douglas, Harvey Keitel, and Farrah Fawcett in Saturn 3 (1980)
    Saturn 3
    5.1
    • optical effects
    • 1980
  • S.O.S. Titanic (1979)
    S.O.S. Titanic
    6.2
    TV Movie
    • supervisor of visual effects
    • 1979
  • Gene Hackman, Terence Stamp, Ned Beatty, Christopher Reeve, Jackie Cooper, Sarah Douglas, Jeff East, Margot Kidder, Jack O'Halloran, Valerie Perrine, and Susannah York in Superman (1978)
    Superman
    7.4
    • flying systems & process projection
    • 1978
  • A Bridge Too Far (1977)
    A Bridge Too Far
    7.4
    • optical effects
    • 1977
  • Charlton Heston, Raquel Welch, Ernest Borgnine, Rex Harrison, Oliver Reed, George C. Scott, David Hemmings, and Mark Lester in Crossed Swords (1977)
    Crossed Swords
    6.3
    • optical effects
    • 1977
  • Sean Connery and Michael Caine in The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
    The Man Who Would Be King
    7.7
    • optical effects
    • 1975
  • Richard Harris, Omar Sharif, Shirley Knight, David Hemmings, Clifton James, and Roy Kinnear in Juggernaut (1974)
    Juggernaut
    6.6
    • models (uncredited)
    • 1974
  • Edward Fox in The Day of the Jackal (1973)
    The Day of the Jackal
    7.8
    • visual effects
    • 1973
  • Sean Connery, Jill St. John, and Lana Wood in Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
    Diamonds Are Forever
    6.5
    • visual effects
    • 1971
  • Zeppelin (1971)
    Zeppelin
    6.1
    • special photographic effects
    • 1971

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  • Alternative name
    • Willy Veevers
  • Born
    • April 1, 1917
  • Died
    • February 14, 1983
    • London, England, UK

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