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Les Bowie (1913-1979) British special effects technician who had a knack of making something out of nothing. Bowie first worked with Hammer Films on The Quatermass Experiment (1955), for which he was given a budget of £30. He continued with Hammer on such movies as The Curse of Frankenstein (1956), The Curse of the Werewolf (1960), Kiss of the Vampire (1963), The Evil of Frankenstein (1963), Dracula Prince of Darkness (1966), The Plague of the Zombies (1966), The Reptile (1966), The Mummy's Shroud (1967), Frankenstein Created Woman (1967), Vampire Circus (1971), Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972), The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973) and Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires (1974). Bowie occasionally worked for other studios, as in the case of Grip of the Strangler (1958), and he ended up winning an Academy Award for his work on Superman (1978).
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