Flora M. Gordon is best known as Bert I. Gordon’s wife. Bert Ira Gordon, an American director and pioneer of special effects, passed away on March 8, 2023, at the age of 100.
His work on science fiction and horror B movies, such as King Dinosaur (1955), The Incredible Colossal Man (1957), Earth vs. the Spider (1958), Village of the Giants (1965), and Empire of the Ants (1965), has earned him widespread acclaim (1968).
Gordon typically created special effects for the gigantic beasts in his films using back projection. He was given the nickname “Mr. B.I.G.” by Forrest J. Ackerman because of his initials and his penchant for drawing enormous animals.
When Gordon was 13 and received a camera from his aunt, he began shooting 16mm home movies. Gordon was born in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in 1922. He left college to join the Army Air Forces during World War Two.
After the war, he married, and he and his wife started making TV commercials. He also worked as a cameraman on Serpent Island and a production assistant on Racket Squad, editing British feature films to fit half-hour time slots (1954).
Bert I. Gordon First Wife: Who was Flora M. Gordon?
Bert I. Gordon’s first wife was Flora M. Gordon. Flora was also a part of the film industry and contributed to several of Bert’s movies, such as “The Incredible Colossal Man” and “Beginning of the End,” as an assistant director and script supervisor.
After being married in 1945, Flora and Bert had two kids: Susan and Steven. Following her divorce from her husband in 1979, Flora went on to work as a script supervisor on other movies like “The Godfather” and “Jaws.”
At the age of 74, Flora M. Gordon passed away in 1990.