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Director, Cinematographer, Special Effects Born: April 22, 1899 in Portland, OR Death: April 16, 1984 in Santa Barbara, CA Biography:"Byron Haskin" studied at the University of California-Berkeley before signing up with the navy as an aviation cadet. After wartime service, Haskin worked as a cartoonist and ad man, then entered the film industry as a newsreel cameraman. By 1922, he was a director of photography at Warner Bros., and within five years graduated to director of such diverse Warner programmers as "Irish Hearts" and Ginsburg the Great. With the coming of talkies, he returned to cinematography, spending his spare time developing more efficient means of adapting to the new technical challenges of sound. From 1929 to 1932, Haskin served as a production executive and technical advisor for the British movie industry. Upon his return to Hollywood, Haskin was signed by Warner Bros.' special effects department, which he headed from 1937 to 1945. During this phase of his career, Haskin and his staff earned several Oscar... Full Biography
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