Willis H. O'Brien

ActorDirectorWriterVisual EffectsCrew 1915–2024 (109 year career)

6.0 avg rating

Highest Rated

King Kong

1933 · Visual Effects

7.6

King Kong: Monster and Myth

2024 · as Self - Animator (archive footage)

7.3

Known For

Film

King Kong

Visual Effects

Film

King Kong vs. Godzilla

Original Story

Film

King Kong vs. Godzilla

Original Story

Film

The Lost World

Special Effects

Film

Mighty Joe Young

Visual Effects

Film

The Lost World

Visual Effects

Film

The Son of Kong

Visual Effects

Film

The Giant Behemoth

Special Effects

Filmography

Acting (2)

Movies (2)

King Kong: Monster and Myth

2024

as Self - Animator (archive footage)

7.3

The Ghost of Slumber Mountain

1918

as Ghost of 'Mad Dick', the Hermit (uncredited)

5.9

Crew (29)

Movies (29)

Pimpernel of the Vatican

2008

Director

King Kong vs. Godzilla

1963

Original Story

6.5

King Kong vs. Godzilla

Original Story

The Lost World

Visual Effects

The Giant Behemoth

Special Effects

The Giant Behemoth

Visual Effects

The Black Scorpion

Special Effects Supervisor

The Black Scorpion

Visual Effects

The Animal World

Special Effects

The Animal World

Visual Effects

The Beast of Hollow Mountain

1956

Idea

4.2

The Beast of Hollow Mountain

Original Story

Mighty Joe Young

Visual Effects

The Last Days of Pompeii

Visual Effects

King Kong

Visual Effects

The Son of Kong

Visual Effects

Creation

Director

The Lost World

Special Effects

The Lost World

Visual Effects

Along the Moonbeam Trail

1920

Director

4.8

The Ghost of Slumber Mountain

1918

Cinematography

5.9

The Ghost of Slumber Mountain

1918

Director

5.9

The Ghost of Slumber Mountain

1918

Special Effects

5.9

The Ghost of Slumber Mountain

Writer

R.F.D., 10,000 B.C.

Director

Prehistoric Poultry

Director

Prehistoric Poultry

1916

Special Effects

Morpheus Mike

1915

Director

The Dinosaur and the Missing Link: A Prehistoric Tragedy

1915

Director

6.1