Family File for David Saul MITTMAN - Person Sheet
Family File for David Saul MITTMAN - Person Sheet
NameWilliam Edward NOVEY 
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216Birth18 Apr 1948, Chicago, IL
Death30 Aug 1991, Los Angeles, CA Age: 43
MemoReferred to as “the late” in father’s obituary.
Burialaft 30 Aug 1991, 5950 Forest Lawn Dr, Los Angeles, CA
MemoMount Sinai Memorial Park
FlagsMITTMAN-1
FatherTheodore Burton NOVEY PhD (1921-2008)
MotherElaine Shirley LEWITZ (1921-)
Obituaries
From William E. “Bill” Novey (1948-1991) - Find A Grave Memorial:
He was an American special effects guru in Hollywood, Head of Special Effects at Walt Disney Imagineering in the 1970s, and co-founder of Art & Technology, Inc. with Disney executive Joe Garlington in the 1980s. At Disney, Novey oversaw 6000 special effects in the Epcot Center near Orlando, Florida, and Tokyo Disneyland. He invented over 300 projectors and helped inspire a new wave of special effects and technological innovations, including the first use of holograms and vector-scanning laser projections in a theme park. He was born William E. Novey in 1948 in Downers Grove, Illinois.
He was an American special effects guru in Hollywood, Head of Special Effects at Walt Disney Imagineering in the 1970s, and co-founder of Art & Technology, Inc. with Disney executive Joe Garlington in the 1980s. At Disney, Novey oversaw 6000 special effects in the Epcot Center near Orlando, Florida, and Tokyo Disneyland. He invented over 300 projectors and helped inspire a new wave of special effects and technological innovations, including the first use of holograms and vector-scanning laser projections in a theme park. He was born William E. Novey in 1948 in Downers Grove, Illinois.