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Les Bowie (November 10, 1913 – January 27, 1979〔(Academy Awards Database: Les Bowie )〕) was a Canadian-born special effects artist working mainly in Britain. Bowie began his career as a matte painter at in 1946.〔http://galeon.com/traditionalfx2/LesBowie/LesBowie.html〕 His work found places in classic films such as ''Great Expectations'', ''Oliver Twist'' and ''The Red Shoes''.〔http://galeon.com/traditionalfx2/LesBowie/bowie-Gallery.html〕 He created his own company in 1951 and worked freelance on projects for relatively low-budget studios such as Hammer Films and Oakmont Productions. His films for Hammer included ''The Quatermass Xperiment'' (1955), ''Dracula'' (1958) and ''The Kiss of the Vampire'' (1963). His Oakmont films were ''Attack on the Iron Coast'', ''Submarine X-1'' and ''Mosquito Squadron''. Bowie worked with Ray Harryhausen on ''Jason and the Argonauts'', ''First Men in the Moon'', ''One Million Years B.C.'' and ''Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger''.〔p.135 Webber, Roy P. ''The Dinosaur Films of Ray Harryhausen: Features, Early 16mm Experiments and Unrealized Projects'' McFarland, 2004〕 Notable non-Hammer films included ''The Day the Earth Caught Fire'' (1961), ''Fahrenheit 451'' (1966) ''Casino Royale'' (1967) and ''The Assassination Bureau'' (1969). He was also one of a team to win an Academy Award for his work on the 1978 film ''Superman'', specialising in mattes and composites. ==Notes== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Les Bowie」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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