Jim Nelson - who helped to launch Industrial Light & Magic with George Lucas - has died, aged 81.
Nelson, whose real name was James M Falkinburg, died June 18, and his family announced his death through an obituary in the Los Angeles Times. No other details about his death were made public.
The sound editor, producer and post-production editor worked on 21 films and 38 television series over the course of his career and is best known for helping to establish visual effects company Industrial Light & Magic, a division of Lucasfilm.
He also founded another post-production facility called Edit-Rite in 1965, and launched James Nelson Enterprises in 1972 so that he could produce his own films.
From 1975 to 1977, Nelson worked as the uncredited associate producer of Star Wars, during which time he looked after the management of Ilm and built the company by helping to make and acquire equipment for the films.
During his career, he...
Nelson, whose real name was James M Falkinburg, died June 18, and his family announced his death through an obituary in the Los Angeles Times. No other details about his death were made public.
The sound editor, producer and post-production editor worked on 21 films and 38 television series over the course of his career and is best known for helping to establish visual effects company Industrial Light & Magic, a division of Lucasfilm.
He also founded another post-production facility called Edit-Rite in 1965, and launched James Nelson Enterprises in 1972 so that he could produce his own films.
From 1975 to 1977, Nelson worked as the uncredited associate producer of Star Wars, during which time he looked after the management of Ilm and built the company by helping to make and acquire equipment for the films.
During his career, he...
- 6/23/2014
- Digital Spy
Actor-turned-movie mogul William Self has died at the age of 89. The veteran producer passed away on Monday night, November 15 at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles after suffering a heart attack last week.
Self began his career as an actor in the 1940s, starring in four films under the direction of famed moviemaker Howard Hawks, including cult classic "The Thing from Another World" in 1951. In the 1950s, Self stepped behind the camera as a producer, working on "The Frank Sinatra Show" and "The Twilight Zone", before he was hired by the 20th Century Fox Film Corporation, where he rose through the ranks to become the firm's Vice-President.
He also worked for CBS and later set up his own production company. Self is survived by his daughter Barbara and son Edwin.
Self began his career as an actor in the 1940s, starring in four films under the direction of famed moviemaker Howard Hawks, including cult classic "The Thing from Another World" in 1951. In the 1950s, Self stepped behind the camera as a producer, working on "The Frank Sinatra Show" and "The Twilight Zone", before he was hired by the 20th Century Fox Film Corporation, where he rose through the ranks to become the firm's Vice-President.
He also worked for CBS and later set up his own production company. Self is survived by his daughter Barbara and son Edwin.
- 11/20/2010
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
Actor/Producer Self Dies At 89
Actor-turned-movie mogul William Self has died at the age of 89.
The veteran producer passed away on Monday night at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles after suffering a heart attack last week (ends14Nov10).
Self began his career as an actor in the 1940s, starring in four films under the direction of famed moviemaker Howard Hawks, including cult classic The Thing from Another World in 1951.
In the 1950s, Self stepped behind the camera as a producer, working on The Frank Sinatra Show and The Twilight Zone, before he was hired by the 20th Century Fox Film Corporation, where he rose through the ranks to become the firm's Vice-President.
He also worked for CBS and later set up his own production company.
Self is survived by his daughter Barbara and son Edwin.
The veteran producer passed away on Monday night at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles after suffering a heart attack last week (ends14Nov10).
Self began his career as an actor in the 1940s, starring in four films under the direction of famed moviemaker Howard Hawks, including cult classic The Thing from Another World in 1951.
In the 1950s, Self stepped behind the camera as a producer, working on The Frank Sinatra Show and The Twilight Zone, before he was hired by the 20th Century Fox Film Corporation, where he rose through the ranks to become the firm's Vice-President.
He also worked for CBS and later set up his own production company.
Self is survived by his daughter Barbara and son Edwin.
- 11/19/2010
- WENN
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