Bud Thackery

Ellis F. " Bud ( dy) " Thackery ( born January 31, 1903 in Shawnee, Oklahoma; † 15 July 1990 Los Angeles County, California ) was an American film technician and cameraman at the Academy Awards in 1941 for an Oscar was nominated for best special effects.

Life

Thackery began his career as a photographer for special effects like in the films Count Zaroff - Genie of Evil ( 1932), The Phantom Empire (1935 ) and Miracle Rider (1935 ), as well as a specialist for back projections as in the film Darkest Africa (1936). Together with Howard Lydecker, William Bradford and Herbert Norsch he received at the Oscar ceremony in 1941 was nominated for the Oscar for best special effects in the film Women in War ( 1940).

From the movie The Gay Vagabond (1941 ) worked Thackery, a member of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC ) was mainly as a cameraman and was until 1977 involved in the creation of almost 160 films and television series such as 163 episodes of The Boss. He recently 1972-1977 for the TV series Emergency! 52 episodes, which made ​​of him still photography were on display in the entrance area of the shown there Rampart General Hospital.

Filmography (selection)