Chris J. Condon (1923 – December 19, 2010), born Christo Dimitri Koudounis, was the inventor of the 3D film system used by his company StereoVision, a cinematographer, and founder of Sierra Pacific Airlines.
During World War II, he received four Bronze Battle Stars while working as combat crew and as a cinematographer on B-24 and A-26 aircraft in the Pacific.
After the war, he worked at Douglas Aircraft as a trainee before starting his own business in 1947, Century Precision Optics Company of North Hollywood, California.
With the company, he developed the Tele-Athenar telephoto lens which was used by Walt Disney photographers in the True Life Adventures series.
[1] In 1969, he and his partner Allan Silliphant received a patent for the world's first single-camera 3-D motion picture lens and formed the company Magnavision, which later became StereoVision Entertainment.