Biography
Les Bowie (November 10, 1913 – January 27, 1979) was a Canadian-born special effects artist working mainly in Britain.
Bowie began his career as a matte painter in 1946. His work found places in classic films such as Great Expectations, Oliver Twist and The Red Shoes.He created his own company in 1951 and worked freelance on projects for relatively low-budget studios such as Hammer Films and Oakmont Productions. His films for Hammer included The Quatermass Xperiment (1955), Dracula (1958) and The Kiss of the Vampire (1963). His Oakmont films were Attack on the Iron Coast, Submarine X-1 and Mosquito Squadron. Bowie worked with Ray Harryhausen on Jason and the Argonauts, First Men in the Moon, One Million Years B.C. and Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger.Notable non-Hammer films included The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961), Fahrenheit 451 (1966) Casino Royale (1967) and The Assassination Bureau (1969).
He was also one of a team to win an Oscar for his work on the 1978 film Superman, specialising in mattes and composites.
Filmography
all 36
Movies 36
Superman (1978)
To the Devil a Daughter (1976)
The Human Factor (1975)
Shatter (1974)
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974)
The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973)
Nothing But the Night (1973)
Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972)
Vampire Circus (1972)
Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970)
Moon Zero Two (1969)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Quatermass and the Pit (1967)
Casino Royale (1967)
Frankenstein Created Woman (1967)
The Quiller Memorandum (1966)
Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
The Reptile (1966)
Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)
War-Gods of the Deep (1965)
The Devil-Ship Pirates (1964)
The Evil of Frankenstein (1964)
The Old Dark House (1963)
The Kiss of the Vampire (1963)
The Scarlet Blade (1963)
Captain Clegg (1962)
The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)
Taste of Fear (1961)
The Shadow of the Cat (1961)
Doctor Blood's Coffin (1961)
The Trollenberg Terror (1958)
Dracula (1958)
Grip of the Strangler (1958)
The Quatermass Xperiment (1955)
So Long at the Fair (1950)
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Known ForCrew
Birthday1913-11-10
Deathday1979-01-01 (65 years old)
Birth NameLeslie Bowie
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom
AwardsSpecial Achievement Academy Award
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