Only Angels Have Wings (1939)

Special effects director who entered American film as a technical engineer for Howard Hughes' HELL'S ANGELS (1930). Other notable credits include BELOW THE SEA (1933), THE BLACK ROOM (1935), HELL-SHIP MORGAN, DEVIL'S SQUADRON and TRAPPED BY TELEVISION (all 1936), LOST HORIZON (1937), ONLY ANGELS HAVE WINGS (1939), REAP THE WILD WIND (1942), AIR FORCE, THE OUTLAW, MISSION TO MOSCOW and NORTHERN PURSUIT (all 1943), PASSAGE TO MARSEILLE, UNCERTAIN GLORY and TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT (all 1944), ROUGHLY SPEAKING, GOD IS MY CO-PILOT, CONFLICT and RHAPSODY IN BLUE (all 1945), A STOLEN LIFE, THE BIG SLEEP and HUMORESQUE (all 1946), STALLION ROAD (1947), EMBRACEABLE YOU and STALLION ROAD (both 1948), FIGHTER SQUADRON, TASK FORCE, WHITE HEAT, THE STORY OF SEABISCUIT and THE LADY TAKES A SAILOR (all 1949).  Nominated for Special Effects 1939: ONLY ANGELS HAVE WINGS - Photographic 1 nomination