Gene Warren, Sr. won an Academy Award for the special effects on George Pal's The Time Machine

The Time Machine (1960 film)

The Time Machine is a 1960 American science fiction film based on the 1895 novel of the same name by H. G. Wells in which a man in Victorian England constructs a time-travelling machine which he uses to travel to the future...

in 1960. He also contributed to such projects as Land of the Lost

Land of the Lost (1974 TV series)

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, Man from Atlantis, and The Crow: City of Angels

The Crow: City of Angels

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. He operated several visual effects companies in Hollywood over the years: Excelsior Productions and Centaur Productions; the latter teaming with fellow effects artist Wah Ming Chang

Wah Chang

Wah Ming Chang was a Chinese American designer, sculptor, and artist. He is known primarily for his sculpture and the props he designed for Star Trek , including the tricorder, and communicator...

. Gene died on 17 July 1997, in Los Angeles, from cancer.

His son, Gene Warren, Jr., owns Fantasy II Film Effects and won an Academy Award for visual effects on Terminator 2: Judgement Day.

Professional memberships

• Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences
• Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
• American Youth Symphony Society
• Producers Guild of America

Awards

Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences

Special Effects Award

The Time Machine

George Pal/MGM



Parents Magazine

Best Children's Show

The Tool Box

Excelsior!Amp/ABC-TV



Georges Melies Hall of Fame

The Seven Faces of Doctor Lao

George Pal/MGM



Georges Melies Hall of Fame

The Time Machine

George Pal/MGM



Art Directors & Artists Club of San Francisco

Billfold

Excelsior!Amp/Daniel Lewis Adv



Western Advertisers Association

Chuck Wagon-Farm

Excelsior!Amp/Gardner Adv

Writer/Producer/Associate Producer/Director

Theatrical film

Starflight One



Television series

Land of the Lost (Pilot + 45 episodes)



Shorts

The Tool Box

Susy Snowflake

Santa and the Three Dwarfs

Land of the Midnight Sun



Documentary & training films

Mariner I

Mariner III

Apollo



Television commercials

Over 1200 commercials primarily for national prestige accounts and featuring such specialized concepts as The Pillsbury Dough Boy and Ralston-Purina's Chuck Wagon.

Production Designer/Special Effects Director/2nd Unit Director

Theatrical film

The French Atlantic Affair

Meteor

Avalanche

Black Sunday

McNamara's Band

Satan's School for Girls

My Name is John

The Power

7 Faces of Dr. Lao (Academy Special Effects Nomination)

Wonderful Worlds of the Brothers Grimm

The Time Machine (Two Academy Special Effects Awards)

Tom Thumb (Academy Special Effects Award)

Around the World Under the Sea

Atlantis, The Lost Continent

Master of the World

The Lost Balloon

Jack the Giant Killer

Voyage to the 7th Planet

McHale's Navy

That Funny Feeling

Goliath and the Dragon

Spartacus

The Warlords

The King and I

Andromeda Strain

Can Can

The One With the Fuzz

Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

The Crow



Television series

The Man from Atlantis (Four two-hour episodes and 13 one-hour episodes)

Star Trek (Pilot and miscellany)

Outer Limits (Pilot and 45 episodes)

Twilight Zone (Pilot and 6 episodes)

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