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|caption =Ray Harryhausen in 2006 | |caption =Ray Harryhausen in 2006 | ||
|occupation =Stop-motion animator | |occupation =Stop-motion animator | ||
|birthday =June 29, 1920 | |birthday =June 29, [[1920]] | ||
|birthplace =Los Angeles, California, [[United States]] | |birthplace =Los Angeles, California, [[United States]] | ||
|death =May 7, 2013 (aged 92) | |death =May 7, [[2013]] (aged 92) | ||
|first =''How to Bridge a Gorge'' (1942) | |first =''How to Bridge a Gorge'' (1942) | ||
|notable =''[[wikipedia:Clash of the Titans (1981 film)|Clash of the Titans]]'' (1981) | |notable =''[[wikipedia:Clash of the Titans (1981 film)|Clash of the Titans]]'' (1981) | ||
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'''Ray Harryhausen''' was an [[United States|America]]n stop-motion animator and producer. The chief protégé of [[Willis O'Brien]], the animator of ''[[wikipedia:The Lost World (1925 film)|The Lost World]]'' and ''[[King Kong (1933 film)|King Kong]]'', Harryhausen made his feature film debut as the "first technician" of ''[[Mighty Joe Young (1949 film)|Mighty Joe Young]]'' in 1949. From there, he built a reputation as one of the country's best special effects artists, bringing to life prehistoric, mythological, and science-fiction monsters. His final film was 1981's ''[[wikipedia:Clash of the Titans (1981 film)|Clash of the Titans]]''. | '''Raymond Frederick "Ray" Harryhausen''' was an [[United States|America]]n stop-motion animator and producer. The chief protégé of [[Willis O'Brien]], the animator of ''[[wikipedia:The Lost World (1925 film)|The Lost World]]'' and ''[[King Kong (1933 film)|King Kong]]'', Harryhausen made his feature film debut as the "first technician" of ''[[Mighty Joe Young (1949 film)|Mighty Joe Young]]'' in 1949. From there, he built a reputation as one of the country's best special effects artists, bringing to life prehistoric, mythological, and science-fiction monsters. His final film was 1981's ''[[wikipedia:Clash of the Titans (1981 film)|Clash of the Titans]]''. | ||
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==Selected filmography== | ==Selected filmography== | ||
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*''The Art of Ray Harryhausen'' (2006) [with Tony Dalton] | *''The Art of Ray Harryhausen'' (2006) [with Tony Dalton] | ||
*''A Century of Stop Motion Animation: From Melies to Aardman'' (2008) [with Tony Dalton] | *''A Century of Stop Motion Animation: From Melies to Aardman'' (2008) [with Tony Dalton] | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery widths="120" position="center" spacing="small" captionalign="center"> | <gallery widths="120" position="center" spacing="small" captionalign="center"> | ||
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Raymond Frederick "Ray" Harryhausen was an American stop-motion animator and producer. The chief protégé of Willis O'Brien, the animator of The Lost World and King Kong, Harryhausen made his feature film debut as the "first technician" of Mighty Joe Young in 1949. From there, he built a reputation as one of the country's best special effects artists, bringing to life prehistoric, mythological, and science-fiction monsters. His final film was 1981's Clash of the Titans.
Selected filmography
- Mighty Joe Young (1949) - First technician
- The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953) - Special effects [with Willis Cook, Eugène Lourié, and George Lofgren]
- King Kong (1966) - Stop-motion technician [with Jim Danforth and David Allen; unproduced]
Actor
- Mighty Joe Young (1998) as man at party
Selected bibliography
Author
- Film Fantasy Scrapbook (1972)
- Ray Harryhausen: An Animated Life (2003) [with Tony Dalton]
- Kong Unbound (2005) [preface]
- The Art of Ray Harryhausen (2006) [with Tony Dalton]
- A Century of Stop Motion Animation: From Melies to Aardman (2008) [with Tony Dalton]
Gallery
Harryhausen with the dragon and cyclops from The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
Trivia
- A G-Team officer named Harryhausen played by Shauna Rappold appears in the 2019 film Godzilla: King of the Monsters.
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