Fred Sersen

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1890 – 1962

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Who was Fred Sersen?

Fred Sersen was a Czechoslovak/American painter and cinema special effects artist working mainly at 20th Century Fox Studios from the 1930s to the 1950s with credits in over 200 movies. He won two Academy Awards for Best Effects, Special Effects, in 1940 for The Rains Came, and in 1944 for Crash Dive. An artificial lake created for the former film was named in his honor.

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Born
Feb 24, 1890
Czechoslovakia
Also known as
  • Ferdinand Sersen
  • Ferdinand Motodei Sersen
  • Fred M. Sersen
Nationality
  • Czechoslovakia
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • San Francisco Art Institute
Died
Dec 11, 1962
Los Angeles

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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