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James Clavell
James Clavell (born Charles Edmund Dumaresq Clavell, 10 October 1921 – 6 September 1994), was an Australian (and later naturalized American) novelist, screenwriter, director, and World War II veteran and prisoner of war. Clavell is best known as the author of his Asian Saga novels, a number of which have had television adaptations. Clavell also authored such screenplays as those for "The Fly" (1958) (based on the short story by George Langelaan) and "The Great Escape" (
due to Lippert’s conflict with Screen Actors Guild. The Fly was then made in colour as a Fox Film. James Clavell was hired by Lippert for the adaption of the screenplay, and his work, based on what Harry Spalding has said, was “the best draft” he has even seen. 
The special effect of the human-fly hybrid was said to be created by covering the actor’s head by a rubber sheath. To make the mask more alive, the original beaded domes as the eyes were made