Rolf Giesen, a former visiting professor of animation at the Communication University of China and president of an animation museum in Changchun, China, has compiled a special effects collection for Deutsche Kinemathek in Berlin and has co-written several animation features. He is an expert on early fantasy and science fiction films.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      Preface      Introduction      Glossary      THE BIOGRAPHIES      THE FILMOGRAPHY      Bibliography      Index

“there is so much information in this book that if you’re into the development and history of special effects films, you’ll positively swoon”—SF Crowsnest; “Giesen has worked with such noted special effects artists as Albert Whitlock and Roland Emmerich, and now offers this biographical dictionary of cinematic pioneers in this field before the advent of computer-generated images...this book features plenty of black-and-white photographs describing the creations of these masters”—Reference & Research Book News.

Rolf Giesen, a former visiting professor of animation at the Communication University of China and president of an animation museum in Changchun, China, has compiled a special effects collection for Deutsche Kinemathek in Berlin and has co-written several animation features. He is an expert on early fantasy and science fiction films.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      Preface      Introduction      Glossary      THE BIOGRAPHIES      THE FILMOGRAPHY      Bibliography      Index

“there is so much information in this book that if you’re into the development and history of special effects films, you’ll positively swoon”—SF Crowsnest; “Giesen has worked with such noted special effects artists as Albert Whitlock and Roland Emmerich, and now offers this biographical dictionary of cinematic pioneers in this field before the advent of computer-generated images...this book features plenty of black-and-white photographs describing the creations of these masters”—Reference & Research Book News.

Rolf Giesen, a former visiting professor of animation at the Communication University of China and president of an animation museum in Changchun, China, has compiled a special effects collection for Deutsche Kinemathek in Berlin and has co-written several animation features. He is an expert on early fantasy and science fiction films.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      Preface      Introduction      Glossary      THE BIOGRAPHIES      THE FILMOGRAPHY      Bibliography      Index

“there is so much information in this book that if you’re into the development and history of special effects films, you’ll positively swoon”—SF Crowsnest; “Giesen has worked with such noted special effects artists as Albert Whitlock and Roland Emmerich, and now offers this biographical dictionary of cinematic pioneers in this field before the advent of computer-generated images...this book features plenty of black-and-white photographs describing the creations of these masters”—Reference & Research Book News.