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Personal Info
Known For
Visual Effects
Born
June 13, 1908
Died
September 28, 1985 (age 77)
Place of Birth
Pasadena, California, USA.
Also Known As
Bill Abbott
Lenwood Ballard Abbott
L.B. Abbott
Biography
Lenwood Ballard "Bill" Abbott, A.S.C. (June 13, 1908 – September 28, 1985) was an American special effects expert, cinematographer and cameraman.
He became the head of the Special Effects Department at 20th Century Fox in 1957, a post he held until retirement in 1970. However, he was called out of retirement to work on the TV series M*A*S*H in 1972 (Abbott had worked on the film on which the series was based). Abbott was a member of the American Society of Cinematographers.
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