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John P. Fulton, A.S.C. (November 1902, Nebraska — 1965, London, England) was an American special effects supervisor and cinematographer. Though Fulton began his adult life as a surveyor, he became involved in the movie industry after accepting a job as an assistant cameraman. In time he became a camera operator and acted as cinematographer in his first official credit in 1929 with the early sound drama She Goes to War. His experiments and experience with camerawork eventually lead him to the special effects department at Universal Pictures, assisting in the special effects of the... MORE

John P. Fulton, A.S.C. (November 1902, Nebraska — 1965, London, England) was an American special effects supervisor and cinematographer. Though Fulton began his adult life as a surveyor, he became involved in the movie industry after accepting a job as an assistant cameraman. In time he became a camera operator and acted as cinematographer in his first official credit in 1929 with the early sound drama She Goes to War. His experiments and experience with camerawork eventually lead him to the special effects department at Universal Pictures, assisting in the special effects of the landmark horror film Frankenstein in 1931. Fulton followed his early success as special effects supervisor with a number of memorable films, many of them of the horror film genre, including John Ford's Air Mail and The Mummy in 1932. The following year he created some of the most astounding effects of the time in The Invisible Man as well as 1935's Bride of Frankenstein. Between other film projects, he worked on the special effects for three sequels to the successful Invisible Man, and received Academy Award nominations for his work in all three films, as well as the 1940 musical The Boys from Syracuse. LESS