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Bert I. Gordon
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Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Special Effects Born: September 24, 1922 in Kenosha, WI Biography:After "Roger Corman", "Bert I. Gordon" was the most reliable and distinctive director/producer to come out of American International Pictures during the late '50s. A one-time maker of television commercials, Gordon specialized in "gimmick" movies, usually involving giants or gigantic animals. His first two films, "King Dinosaur" and "The Beginning of the End", were fairly crude even by the standards of the mid '50s, involving giant lizards and locusts, respectively. "The Cyclops" showed somewhat more promise, with its story about a man transformed into a one-eyed monster by atomic radiation, and "The Amazing Colossal Man", made for American International, was a major hit. Gordon followed this with "Attack of the Puppet People", about a scientist who shrinks people to doll size, while "The Spider" (aka "Earth vs. the Spider") was about a giant spider that attacks a small town. Gordon tried other... Full Biography
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