Legendary B-Movie director and MST3K icon Bert I. Gordon passes away at 100 years old. He directed 8 films featured on Mystery Science Theater 3000, more than any other person.
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, and those with an appreciation for the history of big screen special effects, Gordon was an innovator whose techniques would go on to be widely imitated throughout Hollywood for decades.editor Forrest J. Ackerman, the nickname wasn’t just a reference to Gordon’s initials. Rather, it reflected his career-long fascination with giant monster movies and the techniques used to create those effects on film, often via forced perspective, rear projection and the creative use of miniatures.
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