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{{Infobox person
|name          = Frank Brendel
|birth_date    = {{birth date|1914|11|24}}
|birth_place   = [[Mississippi]], U.S.
|death_date    = {{death date and age|1992|06|20|1914|11|24}}
|death_place   = [[San Diego, California]], U.S.
|occupation    = Special effects artist
}}

'''Frank Brendel''' (November 24, 1914 – June 20, 1992) was an American [[Special effect|special effects artist]]. He won a [[Special Achievement Academy Award]] in the category [[Academy Award for Best Visual Effects|Best Visual Effects]] for the film ''[[Earthquake (1974 film)|Earthquake]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1975|title=The 47th Academy Awards (1975) Nominees and Winners|work=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]]|date=6 October 2014 |access-date=March 31, 2024}}</ref>

== Selected filmography ==
* ''[[Earthquake (1974 film)|Earthquake]]'' (1974; co-won the [[Special Achievement Academy Award]] with [[Glen Robinson (visual effects)|Glen Robinson]] and [[Albert Whitlock]])<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qKfZDAAAQBAJ|title=Editing and Special/Visual Effects|date=August 26, 2016|publisher=Rutgers University Press|isbn=9780813570839|via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
*{{IMDb name|0107152}}

{{Academy Award Best Visual Effects}}
{{Special Achievement Academy Award}}


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