Wally Veevers

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Walter Joseph Veevers (1917-2/19/83) better known as Wally Veevers, was an English special effects master with credits going back to the 1930s. He is best known for his work on the 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey as well as the 1964 film Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb and, of course, The Rocky Horror Picture Show in 1975.

Special Effects Credits:
1983: Local Hero (special effects)
1975: The Rocky Horror Picture Show (special effects)
1972: Lucifer Rising (Short) (special effects - uncredited)
1970: Scrooge (special effects)
1970: The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (special effects)
1969: Moon Zero Two (special effects assistant - uncredited)
1969: Battle of Britain (special effects)
1965: Sands of the Kalahari (special effects)
1965: Monster of Terror (special effects)
1965: A Study in Terror (special effects)
1965: Rotten to the Core (special effects)
1965: Lord Jim (special effects)
1965: The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (special effects)
1964: Hide and Seek (special effects)
1964: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (special effects)
1963: The Victors (special effects)
1963: Mystery Submarine (special effects)
1962: Lawrence of Arabia (special effects - uncredited)
1962: The War Lover (special effects)
1962: Sodom and Gomorrah (special effects)
1962: The Road to Hong Kong (special effects)
1962: The Valiant (special effects)
1961: Dentist on the Job (special effects)
1961: Nearly a Nasty Accident (special effects)
1961: The Guns of Navarone (special effects)
1960: The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's (special effects - uncredited)
1960: Trouble in the Sky (special effects)
1959: Friends and Neighbours (special effects)
1958: Hell, Heaven or Hoboken (special effects)
1958: Next to No Time (special effects)
1958: The Silent Enemy (special effects)
1957: Blue Murder at St. Trinian's (special effects)
1957: Curse of the Demon (special effects)
1957: A King in New York (special effects)
1957: Paradise Lagoon (special effects)
1957: Big Time Operators (special effects)
1957: Abandon Ship (special effects)
1956: The Green Man (special effects)
1956: Satellite in the Sky (director of special effects)
1955: Richard III (special effects)
1955: Marriage a la Mode (special effects - uncredited)
1953: Laughing Anne (special effects - uncredited)
1953: The Beggar's Opera (special effects)
1953: Gilbert and Sullivan (special effects)
1951: The Lady with a Lamp (special effects)
1936: Things to Come (assistant special effects - uncredited)

Visual Effects Credits:
1983: The Keep (visual effects supervisor)
1981: Excalibur (special optical effects)
1980: Raise the Titanic (matte effect supervisor: Europe)
1980: The Sea Wolves (optical effects - uncredited)
1980: Saturn 3 (optical effects)
1979: S.O.S. Titanic (TV Movie) (supervisor of visual effects)
1978: Superman (flying systems & process projection)
1977: A Bridge Too Far (optical effects)
1977: Crossed Swords (optical effects)
1975: The Man Who Would Be King (optical effects)
1974: Juggernaut (models - uncredited)
1973: The Day of the Jackal (visual effects)
1971: Diamonds Are Forever (visual effects)
1971: Zeppelin (special photographic effects)
1971: The Last Valley (visual effects)
1969: The Magic Christian (visual special effects)
1968: 2001: A Space Odyssey (special photographic effects supervisor)
1963: Heavens Above! (model photography - uncredited) / (travelling matte - uncredited)
1963: The Day of the Triffids (special effects photography)
1962: The Longest Day (visual effects - uncredited)
1962: Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV Series) (special photographic effects )
1957: Town on Trial (matte effects - uncredited)
1955: A Kid for Two Farthings (matte effects - uncredited)
1955: Three Cases of Murder (special processes - uncredited)
1955: The Colditz Story (special processes - uncredited)
1954: Hobson's Choice (special processes - uncredited)
1953: The Intruder (travelling matte - uncredited)
1952: Moulin Rouge (matte effects - uncredited)
1952: Glory at Sea (trick photography)
1952: The Passionate Sentry (special processes - uncredited)
1940: The Thief of Bagdad (matte artist - uncredited)