LOYAL GRIGGS

With actress Lana Turner

'Oscar' [1953]

[1955]

Born: 15 August 1906, Michigan, USA, as Loyal Allen Griggs.

Died: 6 May 1978, Laguna Hills, Calif., USA.

Career: After graduating from High School, went to work in 1924 as asst in the spec effects department at Paramount Studios. Retired in 1971. Was member of the ASC.

Awards: Honorary 'Oscar' AA [1938; shared] for creating 'Transparencies' in 'Spawn of the North'; 'Oscar' AA [1953; color] for 'Shane'; 'Oscar' AA nom [1956; color] for 'The Ten Commandments'; 'Oscar' AA nom [1965; b&w] for 'In Harm's Way'; 'Oscar' AA nom [1965; color; shared] for 'The Greatest Story Ever Told'.

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"Shane"

"The Ten Commandments"

"In Harm's Way"

FILMS

1936	San Francisco [W.S. Van Dyke] b&w; earthquake seq ph; ph: Oliver T. Marsh
1942	Dixie [A. Edward Sutherland] c; 2uc; ph: William C. Mellor
1950	Tripoli/The First Marines [Will Price] c; 2uc; ph: James Wong Howe
1950	Passage West/High Venture [Lewis R. Foster] c
1950	The Last Outpost/Cavalry Charge [Lewis R. Foster] c
1951	Crosswinds/Jungle Attack [Lewis R. Foster] c
1951	Shane [George Stevens] c; spec unit ph: Irmin Roberts; process ph: Farciot Edouart; spec pfx: Gordon Jennings
1951	Jumping Jacks [Norman Taurog] b&w; 2uc; ph: Daniel L. Fapp
1952	Sudden Fear [David Miller] b&w; uncred 2uc; ph: Charles Lang Jr.
1952	Road to Bali [Hal Walker] c; 2uc; ph: George Barnes
1952	The Stars Are Singing [Norman Taurog] c; 2uc; ph: Lionel Lindon
1952	Jamaica Run [Lewis R. Foster] c; 2uc; ph: Lionel Lindon
1953	L.A. Community Chest Trailer [Norman Taurog] ?
1953	Elephant Walk [William Dieterle] c; 2uc: Irmin Roberts; spec pfx: John P. Fulton & Paul K. Lerpae; process ph: Farciot Edouart & W. Wallace Kelley
1953	The Naked Jungle [Byron Haskin] c; 2uc; ph: Ernest Laszlo
1953	White Christmas [Michael Curtiz] vv/c; spec pfx: John P. Fulton; process ph: Farciot Edouart
1954	The Bridges at Toko-Ri [Mark Robson] c; 2uc: W. Wallace Kelley & Tom Tutwiler; aph: Charles G. Clarke; process ph: Farciot Edouart & W. Wallace Kelley; spec pfx: John P. Fulton; optical ph: Paul K. Lerpae
1954	3 Ring Circus/Jerrico, the Wonder Clown [Joseph Pevney] vv/c; spec pfx: John P. Fulton; process ph: Farciot Edouart
1954	We're No Angels [Michael Curtiz] vv/c; spec pfx: John P. Fulton
1954	The Ten Commandments [Cecil B. DeMille] vv & 70bu (Super VistaVision; 1989)/c; addph: W. Wallace Kelley, J. Peverell Marley & John F. Warren; process ph: Farciot Edouart; spec pfx: John P. Fulton; optical ph: Paul K. Lerpae; add vfx: David S. Horsley; filmed October-December 1954 in Egypt & March-August 1955 in Hollywood
1955	That Certain Feeling [Norman Panama & Melvin Frank] vv/c; cph: Wilfred M. Cline; process ph: Farciot Edouart; spec pfx: John P. Fulton
1956	Three Violent People [Rudolph Maté] vv/c; spec pfx: John P. Fulton; process ph: Farciot Edouart
1956	The Buster Keaton Story [Sidney Sheldon] vv/b&w
1956	The Tin Star [Anthony Mann] vv/b&w

[Left of camera] with dir Daniel Mann [right] and actresses Shirley Booth and Eileen Heckart - "Hot Spell"

1957	Hot Spell [Daniel Mann & (uncred) George Cukor] vv/b&w; spec pfx: John P. Fulton
1957	The Sad Sack [George Marshall] vv/b&w; spec pfx: John P. Fulton; process ph: Farciot Edouart
1957	Wild Is the Wind [George Cukor] vv/b&w; 2uc; ph: Charles Lang Jr.
1957	Vertigo [Alfred Hitchcock] vv/c; uncred co-2uc; ph: Robert Burks
1957	The Buccaneer [Anthony Quinn] vv/c; fill-in ph: Ellsworth Fredricks (for 4 days when Griggs was ill); prologue ph: Harold Rosson; spec pfx: John P. Fulton; optical ph: Paul K. Lerpae; process ph: Farciot Edouart & W. Wallace Kelley
1958	Tonka/A Horse Named Comanche [Lewis R. Foster] c
1958	The Hangman [Michael Curtiz] b&w
1958	The Jayhawkers! [Melvin Frank] vv/c; 2uc: Irmin Roberts; spec pfx: John P. Fulton
1959	Visit to a Small Planet [Norman Taurog] b&w; spec pfx: Farciot Edouart & John P. Fulton
1960	Walk Like a Dragon [James Clavell] b&w
1960	G.I. Blues [Norman Taurog] c; spec pfx: John P. Fulton; process ph: Farciot Edouart
1960	Blueprint for Robbery [Jerry Hopper] b&w
1961	Love in a Goldfish Bowl [Jack Sher] p/c; spec pfx: John P. Fulton; process ph: Farciot Edouart
1961	Man-Trap [Edmond O'Brien] p/b&w
1962	Girls! Girls! Girls! [Norman Taurog] c; 2uc: Irmin Roberts; process ph: Farciot Edouart
1962	Papa's Delicate Condition [George Marshall] c; spec pfx: Paul K. Lerpae
1962	The Greatest Story Ever Told [George Stevens; (uncred) David Lean & Jean Negulesco] up70/c; 141, 199 & 225m; cph: William C. Mellor (died during prod); spec pfx: A. Arnold Gillespie, Robert R. Hoag, J. McMillan Johnson & Clarence Slifer; started as a 3-strip Cinerama prod; filmed 1962-64
1963	A New Kind of Love [Melville Shavelson] c; 2uc; ph: Daniel L. Fapp
1964	In Harm's Way [Otto Preminger] p (35mm & 70bu)/b&w; 158m, 165m & 170m; 2uc: Philip Lathrop; spec pfx: Farciot Edouart
1964	Tickle Me [Norman Taurog] p/c; process ph: Farciot Edouart; spec pfx: Paul K. Lerpae
1965	The Slender Thread [Sydney Pollack] b&w
1965	The Night of the Grizzly [Joseph Pevney] ts/c; cph: Harold Lipstein; spec pfx: Paul K. Lerpae; process ph: Farciot Edouart
1966	Hurry Sundown [Otto Preminger] p/c; cph: Milton Krasner; Griggs started the film, but fell ill and was replaced by Krasner
1966	The Young Warriors/Eagle Warriors [John Peyser] ts/c
1967	Banning [Ron Winston] ts/c
1967	P.J./New Face in Hell [John Guillermin] ts/c
1967	In Enemy Country/In Enemy Hands [Harry Keller] ts/c
1969	...tick ...tick ...tick... [Ralph Nelson] p/c
1969	Paint Your Wagon [Joshua Logan] p (35mm & 70bu)/c; 2uc; ph: William Fraker
1969	Airport [George Seaton & (uncred ext winter scenes) Henry Hathaway] tao/c; 2nd cinematographer; ph: Ernest Laszlo
1971	Bunny O'Hare [Gerd Oswald] c; cph: John M. Stephens

TELEVISION

1959	Destination Space [Joseph Pevney] pilot/b&w
1966	Preview Tonight: Roaring Camp [Lamont Johnson] unsold pilot/60m for ABC-tv

MISCELLANEOUS

1927	Legion of the Condemned [William A. Wellman] co-c.asst; ph: Henry Gerrard
1928	Ladies of the Mob [William A. Wellman] co-c.asst; ph: Henry Gerrard
1928	Hot News [Clarence Badger] c.op; ph: William Marshall
1928	Marquis Preferred [Frank Tuttle] co-c.asst; ph: Harry Fischbeck
1929	The Love Parade [Ernst Lubitsch] co-c.op; ph: Victor Milner
1929	The Marriage Playground [Lothar Mendes] c.asst; ph: Victor Milner
1932	A Farewell to Arms [Frank Borzage] sfx asst; ph: Charles Lang Jr.
1932	Madame Butterfly [Marion Gering] sfx asst; ph: David Abel
1933	International House [Edward Sutherland] co-sfx staff; ph: Ernest Haller
1933	The Eagle and the Hawk [Stuart Walker & (assoc) Mitchell Leisen] co-assoc spec pfx; spec pfx: Farciot Edouart; ph: Harry Fischbeck
1933	Gambling Ship [Louis J. Gasnier & Max Marcin] co-assoc spec pfx; spec pfx: Farciot Edouart; ph: Charles Lang Jr.
1933	College Humor [Wesley Ruggles] co-assoc spec pfx; spec pfx: Farciot Edouart; ph: Leo Tover
1936	Florida Special [Ralph Murphy] co-spec pfx; ph: Leo Tover
1936	Waikiki Wedding Frank Tuttle] transparencies*; ph: Karl Struss
1938	Spawn of the North [Henry Hathaway] asst process ph**; process ph: Farciot Edouart; ph: Charles Lang Jr.
1938	Men with Wings [William A. Wellman] asst spec pfx; spec pfx: Gordon Jennings; ph: W. Howard Greene
1939	Glove Slingers/The Glove Slingers No. 1 [Jules White; short] techn asst; ph: George Meehan
1939	The Biscuit Eater/God Gave Him a Dog [Stuart Heisler] c.op; ph: Leo Tover
1940	I Wanted Wings [Mitchell Leisen (replaced Theodore Reed)] co-2u transparency cam*; ph: Leo Tover
1943	The Story of Dr. Wassell [Cecil B. DeMille] 2u transparencies*; ph: Victor Milner & William Snyder
1943	Road to Utopia [Hal Walker] asst process ph**; process ph: Farciot Edouart; ph: Lionel Lindon
1944	Practically Yours [Mitchell Leisen] asst process ph**; process ph: Farciot Edouart; ph: Charles Lang Jr.
1944	Two Years Before the Mast [John Farrow] asst transparency projection*; ph: Ernest Laszlo
1944	Kitty [Mitchell Leisen] asst sfx; sfx: Gordon Jennings; ph: Daniel L. Fapp
1944	Salty O'Rourke [Raoul Walsh] co-asst process ph**; process ph: Farciot Edouart; ph: Theodor Sparkuhl
1944	The Lost Weekend [Billy Wilder] asst sfx; ph: John F. Seitz
1944	Love Letters [William Dieterle] asst process ph**; process ph: Farciot Edouart; ph: Lee Garmes
1944	Hold That Blonde [George Marshall] co-asst sfx; sfx: Gordon Jennings; ph: Daniel L. Fapp
1945	Masquerade in Mexico [Mitchell Leisen] asst process ph** (+ 1st cam Mexico); process ph: Farciot Edouart; ph: Lionel Lindon
1945	You Came Along [John Farrow] asst process ph**; process ph: Farciot Edouart; ph: Daniel L. Fapp
1945	Our Hearts Were Growing Up [William D. Russell] asst process ph**; process ph: Farciot Edouart; ph: Stuart Thompson
1945	The Trouble with Women [Sidney Lanfield] co-process ph**; ph: Lionel Lindon
1945	Calcutta [John Farrow] asst transparency projection*; ph: John F. Seitz
1945	To Each His Own [Mitchell Leisen] transparency projection ph*; ph: Daniel L. Fapp
1945	Blue Skies [Stuart Heisler & (uncred) Mark Sandrich] c.op; ph: Charles Lang Jr. & William Snyder
1945	The Bride Wore Boots [Irving Pichel] asst process ph**; ph: Stuart Thompson
1945	Monsieur Beaucaire [George Marshall] asst process ph**; process ph: Farciot Edouart; ph: Lionel Lindon
1945	Easy Come, Easy Go [John Farrow] co-asst spec pfx; spec pfx: Gordon Jennings; ph: Daniel L. Fapp
1945	Ladies' Man [William D. Russell] co-asst process ph**; process ph: Farciot Edouart; ph: Stuart Thompson
1945	The Searching Wind [William Dieterle] asst process ph**; process ph: Farciot Edouart; ph: Lee Garmes
1946	The Perfect Marriage [Lewis Allen] asst process ph**; process ph: Farciot Edouart; ph: Russell Metty
1946	O.S.S. [Irving Pichel] co-asst transparency projection*; ph: Lionel Lindon
1946	My Favorite Brunette [Elliott Nugent] c.op; ph: Lionel Lindon
1946	Golden Earrings [Mitchell Leisen] asst spec pfx; spec pfx: Gordon Jennings; ph: Daniel L. Fapp
1949	A Place in the Sun [George Stevens ] co-process ph**; ph: William C. Mellor
1950	Woman on the Run [Norman Foster] co-spec pfx; ph: Hal Mohr
1951	Detective Story [William Wyler] transparencies*; ph: Lee Garmes
1951	My Son John [Leo McCarey] transparencies*; ph: Harry Stradling Sr.
1952	Little Boy Lost [George Seaton] co-process ph**; ph: George Barnes

* Transparency: a still image printed on a transparent medium such as glass or celluloid and projected as a background in a process shot.

** Process photography: 1] rear-projection photography in which foreground action is shot before an image projected onto the rear of a translucent screen; 2] any photography using a process camera (a camera with the highest quality of registration and precision possible and used in special effects matte shots, bipack and optical printing).