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Vernon L Walker

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Years active
  
1920–1948

Name
  
Vernon Walker

Role
  
Cinematographer


Born
  
May 2, 1894 (
1894-05-02
)
Detroit, Michigan, United States

Occupation
  
Special effects artist, cinematographer

Died
  
March 1, 1948, Balboa Island, Newport Beach, California, United States

Spouse
  
Lottie J. Walker (m. ?–1942)

Nominations
  
Academy Award for Best Visual Effects

Movies
  
King Kong, Son of Kong, Ten Nights in a Barroom, Mary of the Movies, The Burglar

Similar People
  
Van Nest Polglase, Ernest B Schoedsack, Frank Reicher, Merian C Cooper, Sam Hardy

Vernon L. Walker (May 2, 1894 – March 1, 1948) was an American special effects artist and cinematographer. He was nominated for four Academy Awards for Best Special Effects. He worked on more than 220 films during his career, starting out as a head cameraman for Otis B. Thayer's Art-O-Graf Film Company in 1919.

Selected filmography

Walker was nominated for four Academy Awards:

  • Swiss Family Robinson (1940)
  • The Navy Comes Through (1942)
  • Bombardier (1943)
  • Days of Glory (1944)
  • References

    Vernon L. Walker Wikipedia