Kammala wannan jumla: Frank Van der Veer ya kasance tsohon soja na yakin duniya na biyu. Bayan yaƙin ya fara aikinsa a cikin 1950s yana aiki don Warner Brothers da 20th Century Fox sassan sakamako na musamman. Bayan haka, bayan 'yan shekaru, a ranar 13 ga Agusta 1963, ya kafa Van Der Veer Photo Effects tare da abokin tarayya Bill Dorney, bayan ya yi aiki tare da Bill Abbott daga 1950 zuwa 1957 a cikin 20th Century Fox studios. A shekarar 1977, ya lashe lambar yabo ta musamman ta Academy Award don "King Kong" (1976). An raba wannan lambar yabo tare da Carlo Rambaldi da Glen Robinson. Mahaifin Frank, Willard Van der Veer, shi ma ya lashe Oscar, shekaru 47 da suka gabata. Wannan a ranar 5 ga Nuwamba, 1930, a
Kyautar Kwalejin Kwalejin ta 3, don Mafi Kyawun Hotuna don fim din "Tare da Byrd a Kudancin Kudancin" tare da Joseph T. Rucker.