Charles H. Schneer
Born in Norfolk, Virginia, he graduated from Columbia University in 1940. Serving in the US Army's Signal Corps Photographic Unit during the war, and moved to Hollywood following demobilisation. After joining Columbia Pictures, he was introduced to Harryhausen by a mutual friend from Schneer's time in the Army.[1]
Together they made It Came From Beneath The Sea (1955), about a giant octopus that wreaks havoc on the Golden Gate Bridge. The octopus had only six tentacles, which Schneer is reported to have been correct in claiming no one would notice.[2] This film made use of stop-motion photography which the two men were to use to greater effect in later films including Jason and the Argonauts (1963), The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973), and Clash of the Titans (1981).
Filmography
- Aliens, Dragons, Monsters & Me1983
Clash of the Titans1981 · Desmond Davis
Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger1977 · Sam Wanamaker
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad1973 · Gordon Hessler
The Executioner1970 · Sam Wanamaker- The Valley of Gwangi1969 · Jim O'Connolly
- First Men in the Moon1964 · Nathan Juran
Jason and the Argonauts1963 · Don Chaffey
Mysterious Island1961 · Cy Endfield
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad1958 · Nathan Juran- 20 Million Miles to Earth1957 · Nathan Juran
- Earth vs. the Flying Saucers1956 · Fred F. Sears
It Came from Beneath the Sea1955 · Robert Gordon