Ray Harryhausen  

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Raymond Frederick "Ray" Harryhausen (born June 29, 1920 - May 7, 2013) was an American visual effects creator, writer, and producer who lived in London, England from 1960 until his death in 2013. He created a brand of stop-motion model animation known as "Dynamation."

His most important works include the animation on Mighty Joe Young, with pioneer Willis O'Brien, which won the Academy Award for special effects (1949); The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, his first color film; and Jason and the Argonauts, featuring a famous sword fight against seven skeleton warriors.

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)