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'''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]]''.
'''Raymond Frederick "Ray" Harryhausen''' was an [[United States|America]]n stop-motion animator and producer. Inspired to become a stop-motion animator after seeing ''[[King Kong (1933 film)|King Kong]]'' at Sid Grauman's Theatre when he was 13,<ref>{{cite book|last1=Boorman|first1=John|last2=Donohue|first2=Walter|title=The Director's Cut: The Best of Projections|date=16 November 2006|publisher=Faber & Faber|page=181|isbn=978-0571233151}}</ref> 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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*A G-Team officer named Harryhausen played by Shauna Rappold appears in the [[2019]] film ''[[Godzilla: King of the Monsters]]''.
*A G-Team officer named Harryhausen played by Shauna Rappold appears in the [[2019]] film ''[[Godzilla: King of the Monsters]]''.
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Revision as of 02:59, 11 November 2021

Ray Harryhausen
Ray Harryhausen in 2006
Born June 29, 1920
Los Angeles, California, United States
Died May 7, 2013 (aged 92)
Occupation Stop-motion animator
First work How to Bridge a Gorge (1942)
Notable work Clash of the Titans (1981)
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Raymond Frederick "Ray" Harryhausen was an American stop-motion animator and producer. Inspired to become a stop-motion animator after seeing King Kong at Sid Grauman's Theatre when he was 13,[1] 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

Actor

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

Trivia

References

This is a list of references for Ray Harryhausen. These citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based. These references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers, which look like this: [1]

  1. Boorman, John; Donohue, Walter (16 November 2006). The Director's Cut: The Best of Projections. Faber & Faber. p. 181. ISBN 978-0571233151.

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