Gene Warren

Gene Warren Sr. (August 12, 1916 – July 17, 1997) was born in Denver, Colorado, and won an Academy Award for the special effects on George Pal's The Time Machine in 1960. He also contributed to such projects as The Way of Peace (1947), Land of the Lost (1974), Man from Atlantis, and The Crow: City of Angels.

He operated several visual effects companies in Hollywood over the years, including Excelsior Productions and Centaur Productions; the latter teamed with fellow effects artist Wah Ming Chang. Gene died of cancer on July 17, 1997, in Los Angeles.

His son, Gene Warren Jr., owned Fantasy II Film Effects and won an Academy Award for visual effects on Terminator 2: Judgment Day. Gene Warren Jr. died on November 28, 2019.

Professional memberships

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

He was also an honorary member of Science Fiction Fantasy International and Fantasy Film Fans International.

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 - Writer

Television series

Land of the Lost (Pilot + 45 episodes) - Writer/Producer

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)

Documentaries
Gene Warren appeared in the George Pal documentary titled The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal (1985) (produced and directed by Arnold Leibovit).

Mr. Warren was a guest in the documentary Time Machine: The Journey Back (1993) Produced and Directed by Clyde Lucas