Biography
Farciot Edouart, ASC (born Alexander Farciot Edouart) was a film special-effects artist and innovator perhaps best known for his work with process photography, also known as rear projection.
Edouart was born in Northern California on November 5, 1894, the son of a portrait photographer. He began working as a cameraman while still a teenager at the production company of Hobart Bosworth.
By way of mergers and acquisitions, Edouart became an employee of Paramount Pictures, where he began to specialize on optical effects in the mid-1920s. He worked for Paramount until his department was abruptly closed in 1967. He worked on approximately 350 films, and his final film was Rosemary's Baby (1968). Edouart won a total of ten Academy Awards: two competitive (1942 and 1943), seven technical and scientific awards (1938, 1940, two in 1944 and 1948 and two in 1956) and an honorary award for special effects (1939). Leonard Maltin wrote: "The master of process-screen photography is Farciot Edouart."Edouart died on March 17, 1980.
Filmography
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Waterhole #3 (1967)
Barefoot in the Park (1967)
El Dorado (1966)
Sylvia (1965)
Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
All in a Night's Work (1961)
But Not for Me (1959)
The Five Pennies (1959)
Houseboat (1958)
Vertigo (1958)
Hot Spell (1958)
Funny Face (1957)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
The Scarlet Hour (1956)
The Rose Tattoo (1955)
Artists and Models (1955)
The Desperate Hours (1955)
To Catch a Thief (1955)
White Christmas (1954)
Sabrina (1954)
Shane (1953)
The Turning Point (1952)
Something to Live For (1952)
Detective Story (1951)
Ace in the Hole (1951)
A Place in the Sun (1951)
The Mating Season (1951)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Appointment with Danger (1950)
No Man of Her Own (1950)
The File on Thelma Jordon (1949)
Chicago Deadline (1949)
The Great Gatsby (1949)
Streets of Laredo (1949)
The Accused (1949)
Whispering Smith (1948)
Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
A Foreign Affair (1948)
Night Has a Thousand Eyes (1948)
Saigon (1947)
Desert Fury (1947)
Suddenly It's Spring (1947)
Calcutta (1946)
The Virginian (1946)
The Blue Dahlia (1946)
The Lost Weekend (1945)
Kitty (1945)
A Medal for Benny (1945)
Double Indemnity (1944)
So Proudly We Hail (1943)
For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)
China (1943)
No Time for Love (1943)
This Gun for Hire (1942)
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
Sullivan's Travels (1941)
The Mad Doctor (1940)
The Ghost Breakers (1940)
Rulers of the Sea (1939)
Night Work (1939)
Union Pacific (1939)
Midnight (1939)
Tropic Holiday (1938)
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938)
Easy Living (1937)
I Met Him in Paris (1937)
The Princess Comes Across (1936)
Desire (1936)
The Bride Comes Home (1935)
The Gilded Lily (1935)
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Known ForVisual Effects
GenderMale
Birthday1894-11-05
Deathday1980-03-17 (85 years old)
Birth PlaceCalifornia, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsAlexander Farciot Edouart
AwardsAcademy Award for Best Special Effects, Scientific and Engineering Award, Academy Honorary Award, Academy Award for Technical Achievement
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