Fred Sersen

Fred Sersen

Known for: Visual Effects
Biography: 1890-02-25
Deathday: 1962-12-11 (72 years old)

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Biography

Fred Sersen (February 24, 1890 – December 11, 1962) was an American painter and cinema special effects artist working mainly at 20th Century Fox Studios from the 1930s to the 1950s with credits in over 200 movies. He won two Academy Awards for Best Effects, Special Effects (photographic), in 1940 for The Rains Came, and in 1944 for Crash Dive. An artificial lake created for the former film was named in his honor. Fred Sersen was born Ferdinand Metoděj Sršeň, February 24, 1890, in Veselí nad Moravou, then a part of Austria-Hungary, At the age of 17 he moved to the United States. He studied art at the Los Angeles School of Art and Design, the Portland Art Academy, and the San Francisco Institute of Art. His first credited film was A Connecticut Yankee (1931). In 1937 he recreated the 1871 Great Chicago Fire on the screen for the film In Old Chicago. Other notable effects for which he is credited include the fire in Hangover Square, the flying saucer in The Day the Earth Stood Still, and the sinking of the ship in Titanic.He died December 11, 1962 in Los Angeles, California.

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Filmography

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Movies 77

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Visual Effects Supervisor
Around the World in Eighty Days

Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)

Movie
4.67
Visual Effects
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)

Movie
5.57
Visual Effects
King Richard and the Crusaders

King Richard and the Crusaders (1954)

Movie
Visual Effects
Fixed Bayonets!

Fixed Bayonets! (1951)

Movie
Visual Effects
Let's Make It Legal

Let's Make It Legal (1951)

Movie
Special Effects
Anne of the Indies

Anne of the Indies (1951)

Movie
Visual Effects
Love Nest

Love Nest (1951)

Movie
Special Effects
The Day the Earth Stood Still

The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)

Movie
6.1
Visual Effects
David and Bathsheba

David and Bathsheba (1951)

Movie
Special Effects
Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell

Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell (1951)

Movie
Visual Effects
The Secret of Convict Lake

The Secret of Convict Lake (1951)

Movie
Visual Effects
The House on Telegraph Hill

The House on Telegraph Hill (1951)

Movie
Visual Effects
Fourteen Hours

Fourteen Hours (1951)

Movie
Visual Effects
The 13th Letter

The 13th Letter (1951)

Movie
Visual Effects
The Frogmen

The Frogmen (1951)

Movie
Special Effects
The Jackpot

The Jackpot (1950)

Movie
Visual Effects
Mister 880

Mister 880 (1950)

Movie
Special Effects
No Way Out

No Way Out (1950)

Movie
Special Effects
Broken Arrow

Broken Arrow (1950)

Movie
Visual Effects
Stella

Stella (1950)

Movie
Visual Effects
Where the Sidewalk Ends

Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)

Movie
Visual Effects
The Gunfighter

The Gunfighter (1950)

Movie
Visual Effects
Cheaper by the Dozen

Cheaper by the Dozen (1950)

Movie
Special Effects
Mother Didn't Tell Me

Mother Didn't Tell Me (1950)

Movie
Special Effects
Twelve O'Clock High

Twelve O'Clock High (1949)

Movie
Visual Effects
Dancing in the Dark

Dancing in the Dark (1949)

Movie
Visual Effects
Thieves' Highway

Thieves' Highway (1949)

Movie
Visual Effects
I Was a Male War Bride

I Was a Male War Bride (1949)

Movie
6
Visual Effects
Come to the Stable

Come to the Stable (1949)

Movie
6
Special Effects
The Fan

The Fan (1949)

Movie
Special Effects
Down to the Sea in Ships

Down to the Sea in Ships (1949)

Movie
Special Effects
Yellow Sky

Yellow Sky (1948)

Movie
Visual Effects
Cry of the City

Cry of the City (1948)

Movie
Special Effects
Deep Waters

Deep Waters (1948)

Movie
Special Effects
The Street with No Name

The Street with No Name (1948)

Movie
Special Effects
Sitting Pretty

Sitting Pretty (1948)

Movie
Visual Effects
Call Northside 777

Call Northside 777 (1948)

Movie
Visual Effects
Daisy Kenyon

Daisy Kenyon (1947)

Movie
Visual Effects
Captain from Castile

Captain from Castile (1947)

Movie
Visual Effects
Kiss of Death

Kiss of Death (1947)

Movie
Visual Effects
Miracle on 34th Street

Miracle on 34th Street (1947)

Movie
5.92
Special Effects
Moss Rose

Moss Rose (1947)

Movie
Visual Effects
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)

Movie
6
Visual Effects
The Late George Apley

The Late George Apley (1947)

Movie
Special Effects
The Brasher Doubloon

The Brasher Doubloon (1947)

Movie
Visual Effects
My Darling Clementine

My Darling Clementine (1946)

Movie
6.5
Visual Effects
Margie

Margie (1946)

Movie
Visual Effects
Home Sweet Homicide

Home Sweet Homicide (1946)

Movie
Special Effects
Anna and the King of Siam

Anna and the King of Siam (1946)

Movie
Special Effects
Cluny Brown

Cluny Brown (1946)

Movie
6.67
Visual Effects
Dragonwyck

Dragonwyck (1946)

Movie
Visual Effects
The Dark Corner

The Dark Corner (1946)

Movie
Visual Effects
Colonel Effingham's Raid

Colonel Effingham's Raid (1946)

Movie
Visual Effects
Leave Her to Heaven

Leave Her to Heaven (1945)

Movie
Special Effects / Visual Effects
Fallen Angel

Fallen Angel (1945)

Movie
6
Visual Effects
The Bullfighters

The Bullfighters (1945)

Movie
9
Special Effects
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)

Movie
6
Visual Effects
Hangover Square

Hangover Square (1945)

Movie
Special Effects
Irish Eyes Are Smiling

Irish Eyes Are Smiling (1944)

Movie
Visual Effects
Laura

Laura (1944)

Movie
5.17
Visual Effects
The Big Noise

The Big Noise (1944)

Movie
6
Special Effects
The Eve of St. Mark

The Eve of St. Mark (1944)

Movie
Visual Effects
Pin Up Girl

Pin Up Girl (1944)

Movie
Visual Effects
Four Jills in a Jeep

Four Jills in a Jeep (1944)

Movie
Special Effects / Visual Effects
The Purple Heart

The Purple Heart (1944)

Movie
Visual Effects
Lifeboat

Lifeboat (1944)

Movie
1
Special Effects / Visual Effects
The Gang's All Here

The Gang's All Here (1943)

Movie
Special Effects
Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre (1943)

Movie
Special Effects
The Song of Bernadette

The Song of Bernadette (1943)

Movie
Visual Effects
Happy Land

Happy Land (1943)

Movie
Visual Effects
Holy Matrimony

Holy Matrimony (1943)

Movie
Special Effects
Jitterbugs

Jitterbugs (1943)

Movie
8
Special Effects
The Black Swan

The Black Swan (1942)

Movie
Special Effects
A Yank in the R.A.F.

A Yank in the R.A.F. (1941)

Movie
6
Self
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (1940)

Movie
Special Effects
Suez

Suez (1938)

Movie
Settings
The Big Trail

The Big Trail (1930)

Movie

Ratings

Average 6.62
Based on 583 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
1930
1945
1947
1946
1956
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Information

Known For
Visual Effects

Gender
Male

Birthday
1890-02-25

Deathday
1962-12-11 (72 years old)

Birth Name
Ferdinand Sršeň

Birth Place
Veselí nad Moravou, Czech Republic

Citizenships
Cisleithania, United States of America

Awards
Academy Award for Best Special Effects


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