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 ".
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. Gene died of cancer on July 17th, 1997 in Los Angeles. 
His son, Gene Warren Jr., owns Fantasy II Film Effects and won an Academy Award for visual effects on ". Gene Warren Jr. died on November 28, 2019.
Professional memberships.
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 "" (1993) Produced and Directed by Clyde Lucas