Frank Van der Veer

Frank Van der Veer
Born	(1921-06-02)June 2, 1921 New York City, US
Died	January 7, 1982(1982-01-07) (aged 60) Los Angeles County, California, US
Occupation	Visual effects artist
Years active	1950-1982
Spouse(s)	Velma "Val" Van der Veer (March 9, 1930 - Oct. 20, 2009)
Children	3^[1]

Frank Van der Veer (June 2, 1921 - January 7, 1982) was an American optical and visual special effects artist who won (and shared) a Special Achievement Academy Award at the 49th Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects for the film King Kong^[2] (1976). His career spans over three decades from the 1950s until his death in the early 1980s, having participated in the Hollywood special effects industry with notable films such King Kong, as mentioned, but also The Towering Inferno^[3] (1974), Killer Bees (1974), Logan's Run (1976), Star Wars (1977), 1941 (1979), Flash Gordon (1980), Clash of the Titans (1981) and Conan the Barbarian (1982).

Frank Van der Veer was the son of the American cinematographer Willard Van der Veer (1894-1963).

Biography

Frank Van der Veer was a veteran of World War II. After the war he started his career in the 1950s working for the Warner Brothers and 20th Century Fox special effects departments. Then, a few years later, on August 13 1963,^[4] he founded Van Der Veer Photo Effects with partner Bill Dorney, after having apprenticed with Bill Abbott from 1950-1957 in the 20th Century Fox studios.^[5] In 1977 he won a Special Achievement Academy Award for King Kong (1976). This award was shared with Carlo Rambaldi and Glen Robinson.^[6] Frank's father, Willard Van der Veer, had also won an Oscar, 47 years before. That was on November 5, 1930, at the 3rd Academy Awards, for Best Cinematography for the film With Byrd at the South Pole^[7] with Joseph T. Rucker.^[8]

In the time he ruled his company, Van der Veer worked both for the television and film industries. For the television medium, for example, he had contributed in the effects of the original Star Trek series (1966) and, in 1978, he was nominated for an Emmy for his work on The Return of Captain Nemo.

Frank Van der Veer died on January 7, 1982. He was buried at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Los Angeles County, California. His company, Van Der Veer Photo Effects, survived him for 15 years more until it was dissolved on October 4, 1997.^[9]

Selected filmography

Credited as Frank Van der Veer

Killer Bees (1974, TV movie, special optical effects)
Logan's Run (1976, additional visuals)
King Kong (1976, supervisor of photographic effects)
Orca (1977, photographic effects supervisor)
The Manitou (1978, photographic optical effects supervisor)
Hurricane (1979, supervisor of photographic effects)
1941 (1979, blue screen consultant)
Flash Gordon (1980, supervisor: special photographic effects)
Clash of the Titans (1981, special opticals)
Conan the Barbarian (1982, special visual effects)

Credited as Van der Veer Photo Effects

Star Wars (1977, additional optical effects - miniature and optical effects unit)
The Empire Strikes Back (1980, additional optical effects)

Van Der Veer Photo Effects selected filmography (after Frank's death)

Tron (1982, additional animation compositing camera)
Return of the Jedi (1983, additional optical effects)
Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983, additional optical effects, segment 4, uncredited)
The Man Who Wasn't There (1983, opticals)
The Bounty (1984, opticals, credited as "Frank Van der Veer Labs")
Conan the Destroyer (1984, titles and opticals)
The Last Starfighter (1984, optical effects)
Red Sonja (1985, titles and opticals)
Raw Deal (1986, titles and opticals)
Blue Velvet (1986, titles and opticals)
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987, opticals)
Russkies (1987, titles and opticals)
After Midnight (1989, additional optical effects)
Catchfire (1990, titles and opticals)
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990, optical effects)
The Dark Backward (1991, montage opticals)
Love Crimes (1992, titles and opticals, credited as "Van der Veer Visual Effects")

References

External links

Frank Van der Veer at the Internet Movie Database
Van Der Veer Photo Effects at the Internet Movie Database

Academy Award for Best Visual Effects

1963-1980	Emil Kosa, Jr. (1963) Peter Ellenshaw, Eustace Lycett, and Hamilton Luske (1964) John Stears (1965) Art Cruickshank (1966) L. B. Abbott (1967) Stanley Kubrick (1968) Robbie Robertson (1969) L. B. Abbott and A. D. Flowers (1970) Alan Maley, Eustace Lycett, Danny Lee (1971) L. B. Abbott and A. D. Flowers (1972) no award given (1973) Frank Brendel, Glen Robinson, and Albert Whitlock (1974) Glen Robinson and Albert Whitlock (1975) Carlo Rambaldi, Glen Robinson, and Frank Van der Veer (1976) John Stears, John Dykstra, Richard Edlund, Grant McCune, and Robert Blalack (1977) Les Bowie, Colin Chilvers, Denys Coop, Roy Field, Derek Meddings, and Zoran Perisic (1978) H. R. Giger, Carlo Rambaldi, Brian Johnson, Nick Allder, and Dennis Ayling (1979) Brian Johnson, Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, Bruce Nicholson (1980)

1981-2000	Richard Edlund, Kit West, Bruce Nicholson, and Joe Johnston (1981) Carlo Rambaldi, Dennis Muren, and Kenneth F. Smith (1982) Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, Ken Ralston, and Phil Tippett (1983) Dennis Muren, Michael J. McAlister, Lorne Peterson, and George Gibbs (1984) Ken Ralston, Ralph McQuarrie, Scott Farrar, and David Berry (1985) Robert Skotak, Stan Winston, John Richardson, and Suzanne Benson (1986) Dennis Muren, William George, Harley Jessup, and Kenneth F. Smith (1987) Ken Ralston, Richard Williams, Edward Jones, and George Gibbs (1988) John Bruno, Dennis Muren, Hoyt Yeatman, and Dennis Skotak (1989) Eric Brevig, Rob Bottin, Tim McGovern, and Alex Funke (1990) Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Gene Warren, Jr., and Robert Skotak (1991) Ken Ralston, Doug Chiang, Doug Smythe, and Tom Woodruff, Jr. (1992) Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Phil Tippett, and Michael Lantieri (1993) Ken Ralston, George Murphy, Stephen Rosenbaum, and Allen Rall (1994) Scott E. Anderson, Charles Gibson, Neal Scanlan, and John Cox (1995) Volker Engel, Douglas Smith, Clay Pinney, and Joe Viskocil (1996) Robert Legato, Mark Lasoff, Thomas L. Fisher, Michael Kanfer (1997) Joel Hynek, Nicholas Brooks, Stuart Robinson, and Kevin Mack (1998) John Gaeta, Janek Sirrs, Steve Courtley, and Jon Thum (1999) John Nelson, Neil Corbould, Tim Burke, and Rob Harvey (2000)

2001-present	Jim Rygiel, Randall William Cook, Richard Taylor, Mark Stetson (2001) Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook, and Alex Funke (2002) Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook, and Alex Funke (2003) John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara, and John Frazier (2004) Joe Letteri, Brian Van't Hul, Christian Rivers, and Richard Taylor (2005) John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson, and Allen Hall (2006) Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris, and Trevor Wood (2007) Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton, and Craig Barron (2008) Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, and Andrew R. Jones (2009) Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley, and Peter Bebb (2010) Robert Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossmann, and Alex Henning (2011) Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan de Boer, and Donald R. Elliott (2012) Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk, and Neil Corbould (2013) Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter, and Scott R. Fisher (2014) Mark Williams Ardington, Sara Bennett, Paul Norris, and Andrew Whitehurst (2015)

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