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Bert I. Gordon
Catalogued films 23Director 23
Bert Ira Gordon (born September 24, 1922) is an American filmmaker and visual effects artist. He is best known for writing and 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), and Empire of the Ants (1977). 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.
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Secrets of a Psychopath
Satan's Princess
The Big Bet
Let's Do It!
Burned at the Stake
Empire of the Ants
The Food of the Gods
The Mad Bomber
Necromancy
How to Succeed with Sex
Picture Mommy Dead
Village of the Giants
The Magic Sword
Tormented
The Boy and the Pirates
Earth vs. the Spider
War of the Colossal Beast
Attack of the Puppet People
The Amazing Colossal Man
The Cyclops
Beginning of the End
King Dinosaur
Serpent Island