Movie “blue screen” developer Arthur Widmer, 92
Posted: Sunday, June 4th, 2006 2:35 pmArthur Widmer, who developed some of the most widely used special effects technology in films and earned an Academy Award last year for lifetime achievement, has died. He was 92.
Widmer died of cancer on May 28, his publicist Jane Ayer told the Los Angeles Times for a story published Sunday.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences gave Widmer the award for his work in developing Ultra Violet and “blue screen” special effects processes. …
Working for Warner Bros. in the 1950s, Widmer developed the Ultra Violet Traveling Matte process, an early version of what would become known as blue screen, in which two different images shot at different times and places could be combined into one. … Read full obituary
