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Bert Ira Gordon

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Bert Ira Gordon

Birth
Kenosha, Kenosha County, Wisconsin, USA
Death
8 Mar 2023 (aged 100)
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Burial
Cremated Add to Map
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Bert Ira Gordon (September 24, 1922 – March 8, 2023) was an American filmmaker and visual effects artist. He is best known for writing and directing science fiction and horror B-movies such as King Dinosaur (1955), The Amazing Colossal Man (1957), Earth vs. the Spider (1958), Village of the Giants (1965), and Empire of the Ants (1977).

Gordon was married from 1945 to 1979, for more than 30 years, to Flora Gordon (1925-2016), known as Flora Lang in the latter part of her professional career; the two divorced in 1979. They had three daughters: Susan (who predeceased her parents), Carol, and Patricia. Gordon had a fourth daughter, Christina, in 1988, with his second wife, Eva Marie Marklstorfer.

Gordon died at a Los Angeles hospital on March 8, 2023, at the age of 100.
Bert Ira Gordon (September 24, 1922 – March 8, 2023) was an American filmmaker and visual effects artist. He is best known for writing and directing science fiction and horror B-movies such as King Dinosaur (1955), The Amazing Colossal Man (1957), Earth vs. the Spider (1958), Village of the Giants (1965), and Empire of the Ants (1977).

Gordon was married from 1945 to 1979, for more than 30 years, to Flora Gordon (1925-2016), known as Flora Lang in the latter part of her professional career; the two divorced in 1979. They had three daughters: Susan (who predeceased her parents), Carol, and Patricia. Gordon had a fourth daughter, Christina, in 1988, with his second wife, Eva Marie Marklstorfer.

Gordon died at a Los Angeles hospital on March 8, 2023, at the age of 100.

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