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person_profile-Bert I. Gordon

Bert I. Gordon Died at age: 100

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Bert I. Gordon

Date of Birth:

Sep 24, 1922

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Mar 08, 2023

Biography of

Bert I. Gordon

    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

    Bert I. Gordon (born Bert Ira Gordon, September 24, 1922 in Kenosha, WI) was an American film director most famous for such science fiction and horror B-movies as The Amazing Colossal Man and Village of the Giants.

    Most of Gordon's work was in the idiom of giant monster films, for which he used rear-projection to create the special effects. His nickname "Mister B.I.G." was a reference both to his initials and to his preferred technique for making super-sized creatures.

    Gordon began his career directing television commercials before moving to film in 1954 to produce Serpent Island. In 1957 he began his prolific association with American International Pictures.

    In 1960, he wrote, produced and directed The Boy and the Pirates, starring active and popular child star of the time Charles Herbert and Gordon's own daughter, Susan. The three of them recently appeared together in the celebrity lineup at the 2006 Monster Bash, held June 23-25 at the Pittsburgh (PA) Airport Four Points. Walt Disney Company's theatrical release of Johnny Depp's Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, on July 7, 2006, spiked interest in previous "pirate" films. To that end Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, released a Midnite Movies double DVD set with the rarely seen The Boy and the Pirates, and the more recent Crystalstone (1988), on June 27, 2006.

    His 1977 Empire of the Ants featured a pre-Dynasty Joan Collins, who later said of the film that it was her worst acting experience, but by then the loosely-based modernized H. G. Wells tale had been elevated to cult film status.

    None of his films received significant critical attention, but his work attained popularity in some circles. The cult TV show Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K) has featured several of his movies, listed below.

    Gordon held a degree from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

    Bert I. Gordon appeared recently, annually, in the celebrity lineup at the Monster Bash, held each June, at the Pittsburgh, PA Airport Four Points.

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Filmography of

Bert I. Gordon

Found 23 Movies in total

... 2015

... 1989

The Big Bet

Screenplay

... 1985

... 1982

... 1981

Empire of the Ants

Visual Effects

... 1977

The Food of the Gods

Visual Effects

... 1976

The Mad Bomber

Screenplay

... 1973

... 1972

... 1966

... 1965

The Magic Sword

Visual Effects

... 1962

... 1961

Tormented

Visual Effects

... 1960

... 1960

The Spider

Special Effects

... 1958

... 1958

... 1958

... 1957

The Cyclops

Special Effects

... 1957

Beginning of the End

Special Effects

... 1957

... 1955

Serpent Island

Supervising Editor

... 1954