Biography
Linwood G. Dunn was a special effects technician and cinematographer active in film from 1923 through the 1970s. He worked at RKO from 1929 through 1957 as cameraman, cinematographer, and eventually head of the Photographic Effects Department. In 1944, Dunn invented the Acme-Dunn Optical Printer. In 1946, Dunn founded Film Effects of Hollywood, a specialized studio and laboratory which expanded operations during the 1960s. The Linwood Dunn Theater in the Academy’s Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study in Hollywood, California is named in his honor.
