From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia

Related e

Wikipedia Wiktionary Shop Featured: Rhombicuboctahedron by Leonardo da Vinci

Ray Harryhausen (born Raymond Frederick Harryhausen, June 29, 1920 in Los Angeles, California), is an American Film producer and, most notably, a special effects creator most famous for his brand of stop-motion model animation. Some of his most notable works have included his animation of Mighty Joe Young (1949) and his collaboration with Don Chaffey on Jason and the Argonauts.

Filmography

• How to Bridge a Gorge (1942) (producer)
• Tulips Shall Grow (1942) (chief animator)
• Mother Goose Stories (1946) (producer)
• The Story of Little Red Riding Hood (1949) (producer, animator)
• Mighty Joe Young (1949) (first technician)
• Rapunzel (1951) (producer)
• Hansel and Gretel (1951) (producer)
• The Story of King Midas (1953) (producer)
• The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1954) (visual effects)
• It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955) (visual effects)
• The Animal World (1956) (effects technician)
• Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956) (special photographic, animation effects)
• 20 Million Miles to Earth (1957) (visual effects)
• The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958) (associate producer, visual effects)
• The 3 Worlds of Gulliver (1960) (visual effects)
• Mysterious Island (1961) (special visual effects)
• Jason and the Argonauts (1963) (associate producer, visual effects)
• First Men in the Moon (1964) (associate producer, visual effects)
• One Million Years B.C. (1966) (special visual effects)
• The Valley of Gwangi (1969) (associate producer, visual effects)
• The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1974) (producer, visual effects)
• Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977) (producer, visual effects)
• Clash of the Titans (1981) (producer, visual effects)
• The Story of the Tortoise & the Hare (2003) (director, co-producer, animator)
• Ray Harryhausen Presents: The Pit and the Pendulum (2007) (executive producer)