Irving Block(1910-1986)

Irving Block was born on 2 December 1910 in New York, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for Planète interdite (1956), Kronos (1957) and La Guerre des satellites (1958). He was married to Gilda Block. He died on 3 May 1986 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

7.5

5.7

5.1

3.4

Men Into Space
7.6
TV Series
- photographic effects
- 1959–1960
Le Sous-marin atomique
5.1
- special effects designer and creator
- 1959
The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock
5.4
- special photographic effects
- 1959
Béhémot, le monstre des mers
5.7
- special effects designer and creator (uncredited)
- 1959
The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent
3.4
- special photographic effects creator
- 1957
Monster from Green Hell
3.7
- special photographic effects (uncredited)
- 1957
Kronos
5.7
- special effects designer and creator
- 1957
Les Envahisseurs de la planète rouge
6.2
- matte artist
- optical effects (uncredited)
- 1953
Captive Women
4.9
- special photographic effects
- 1952
Destination Mars
5.1
- special photographic effects (uncredited)
- 1951
Unknown World
4.2
- special photographic effects (as I.A. Block)
- 1951
24h chez les Martiens
4.9
- matte painter (as I.A. Block)
- 1950

Trivia
Together with partners Jack Rabin and Louis DeWitt, he was known throughout the 1950s for providing special effects for low-budget producers. The team would also put together their own projects with Block doing much of the writing.