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| Born | Bert Ira Gordon September 24, 1922 Kenosha, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Died | March 8, 2023 (aged 100) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Film director |
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| Children | 4, including Susan |
| Website | www.bertigordon.com |
Bert Ira Gordon (September 24, 1922 – March 8, 2023) was an American filmmaker and visual effects artist. He is best known for screenwriting and producing and/or directing science fiction and horror B-movies such as King Dinosaur (1955), The Amazing Colossal Man (1957), Earth vs. the Spider (1958), Village of the Giants (1965), The Food of the Gods (1976), and Empire of the Ants (1977).[1][2]
Most of Gordon's work is in the idiom of giant monster films, for which he used rear-projection to create the special effects. He was nicknamed "Mr. B.I.G." by Forrest J Ackerman, a reference to both his initials and his films' tendency to feature super-sized creatures.[3]
The 20th Insect Fear Film Festival at UIUC in 2003 honored Gordon with a retrospective and showcase of his iconic films featuring giant insects. With at least ten titles focused on oversized bugs, Gordon was celebrated as the festival's special guest and received a plaque and certificate in recognition of his lasting contributions to the "big bug" genre.[4]
- ^ Bartlett, Rhett (2023-03-09). "Bert I. Gordon, Director of Cult (and Cheap) Sci-Fi Classics, Dies at 100". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2024-03-14.
- ^ "Bert I. Gordon | Director, Producer, Writer". IMDb. Retrieved 2024-03-14.
- ^ Don Glut (18 June 2007). I Was a Teenage Movie Maker: The Book. McFarland. p. 94. ISBN 978-0-7864-3041-3.
- ^ Berenbaum, May (2004). "Newsletter 2003-2004, Department of Entomology at the UIUC" (PDF). Urbana, IL: University of Illinois.