Gordon Jennings

Birth Name:Henry Gordon Jennings
Born:June 25, 1896
Birth Place:Salt Lake City, Utah
Died:January 11, 1953
Death Place:Hollywood, California
Cause:heart attack
Age at Death:56 years and 200 days
More Info:Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Academy Award Nominations (Winner marker =  winner  ):
1938
Winner markerSpecial Award (Special Effects). For outstanding achievement in creating Special Photographic and Sound Effects in the Paramount production, Spawn of the North. Special Effects by Gordon Jennings, assisted by Jan Domela, Dev Jennings, Irmin Roberts and Art Smith. Transparencies by Farciot Edouart, assisted by Loyal Griggs. Sound Effects by Loren Ryder, assisted by Harry Mills, Louis H. Mesenkop and Walter Oberst. [Plaque]
1939
Special Effects. Union Pacific, Paramount. Farciot Edouart, Gordon Jennings and Loren Ryder.
1940
Special Effects. Dr. Cyclops, Paramount. Photographic effects by Gordon Jennings and Farciot Edouart.
1940
Special Effects. Typhoon, Paramount. Photographic effects by Farciot Edouart and Gordon Jennings; sound effects by Loren Ryder.
1941
Special Effects. Aloma of the South Seas, Paramount. Photographic effects by Farciot Edouart and Gordon Jennings; sound effects by Louis Mesenkop.
1941
Winner markerSpecial Effects. I Wanted Wings, Paramount. Photographic effects by Farciot Edouart and Gordon Jennings; sound effects by Louis Mesenkop.
1942
Winner markerSpecial Effects. Reap the Wild Wind, Paramount. Photographic effects by Gordon Jennings, Farciot Edouart and William L. Pereira; sound effects by Louis Mesenkop.
1943
Special Effects. So Proudly We Hail!, Paramount. Photographic effects by Gordon Jennings and Farciot Edouart; sound effects by George Dutton.
1944
Special Effects. The Story of Dr. Wassell, Paramount. Photographic effects by Gordon Jennings and Farciot Edouart; sound effects by George Dutton.
1944
Winner markerScientific or Technical Award (Class III). To Gordon Jennings for the design and construction of the Paramount nodal point tripod.
1947
Special Effects. Unconquered, Paramount. Special visual effects by Farciot Edouart, Devereux Jennings, Gordon Jennings, Wallace Kelley and Paul Lerpae; special audible effects by George Dutton.
1951
Winner markerScientific or Technical Award (Class II). To Gordon Jennings, S. L. Stancliffe, the Paramount Studio Special Photographic Department and the Paramount Studio Engineering Department for the design, construction and application of a servo-operated recording and repeating device.

12 Nominations