GEORGE PAL

George Pal was a producer and director from the 1930s to the 1970s. He specialized in movies with then-state-of-the-art special effects. Some of his works include: War of the Worlds, When Worlds Collide, Houdini, The Naked Jungle, The Time Machine, Atlantis, the Lost Continent, and 7 Faces of Dr. Lao. He had a series of stop-motion cartoons called "George Pal's Puppetoons". He passed away in 1980 at the age of 72.