Lawrence Butler and
Donald Glouner. (Butler-Glouner Inc.) |
Lawrence W.Butler
Date of Birth
30 July 1908, Akron, Ohio, USA
Date of Death
19 October 1988
Lawrence W. Butler is the son of special and
optical effects director William Butler. Lawrence began his career working
with his father; he then went to work with Alexander Korda in England where
Butler did the special effects for The Thief of Baghdad (1940) and Jungle
Book (1942) . Following WW II, Butler became the head of Columbia's special
effects department for close to thirty years. Later he was awarded
with one Oscar for Marooned (1969). In 1976, he and Roger Banks
were awarded a special Oscar for their scientific and technical contributions
dealing with "the concept of applying low inertia and stepping electric
motors to film transport systems and optical printers for motion picture
production."
Donald Glouner
Donald Charles Glouner was a special effects
cinematographer, whose specialties were matte/processes effects and montage
sequences. He worked mainly at Columbia as associate of Lawrence Butler,
the head of Columbia special effects department. Eventually the team formed
the Butler-Glouner Co., an independent effects studio that was in business
until 1973. He was awarded with an Oscar for Marroned (1969)
Donald Glouner died July 16, 1994, age 80. He
was the younger brother of cinematographer Martin Glouner (1909-1983) and
the uncle of Emmy winner cinematographer Richard Glouner (1931-1998).
Click on the image to see some samples.
-Thumb Tripping (1972) ... Opticals
-Butterflies Are Free (1972) (photo
effects)
-Doctors' Wives (1971) (photographic
effects)
-The Love Machine (1971) ... Special
Effects Company (photographic effects)
-The Dunwich Horror (1970) ...
Special Effects Company (special effects) |
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-Hornets' Nest (1970) ... Photographic
Effects
-Marooned (1969). ... (Special
photographic effects) |
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-The Comic (1969) (special effects)
-More Dead Than Alive (1968) ...
Special Effects Company
-Head (1968) ... Photographic Effects
-The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini
(1966) ... Special Effects Company
-Ambush Bay (1966) ... Photographic
Effects
-Pajama Party (1964) ... Special
Effects Company
-Bikini Beach (1964) ... Special
Effects Company (photographic special effects)
-The Comedy of Terrors (1964) (special
photographic effects) |
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- X (1963) ... Special Effects Company
-"The Outer Limits" (1963) ...
Special Effects Company
- The terror (1963) (special photographic
effects) |
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-Beach Party (1963) ... Special
Effects Company (photographic special effects)
-Operation Bikini (1963) ... Special
Effects Company
-The Raven (1963) ... Special Effects
Company |
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-Tales of terror (1962) Photographic
Effects (as Butler-Glouner, Inc.) |
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-Taras Bulba (1962) (additional
photographic effects) |
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- Master of the World (1961) ...
Special Effects Company |
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-Pit and the Pendulum (1961) ...
Photographic Effects |
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-13 Ghosts (1960) ... Photographic
Color Effects (as Butler-Glouner, Inc.)
-House of Usher (1960) Photographic
Effects (as Butler-Glouner, Inc.) |
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