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|birthday =June 29, 1920 | |birthday =June 29, 1920 | ||
|birthplace =Los Angeles, California, [[United States]] | |birthplace =Los Angeles, California, [[United States]] | ||
|death =May 7, 2013 | |||
|first =''How to Bridge a Gorge'' (1942) | |first =''How to Bridge a Gorge'' (1942) | ||
|notable =''Clash of the Titans'' (1981) | |notable =''Clash of the Titans'' (1981) | ||
|imdb =https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0366063/ | |imdb =https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0366063/ | ||
|wikipedia =https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Harryhausen | |wikipedia =https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Harryhausen | ||
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'''Ray Harryhausen''' was an American-British 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]]'' 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]]'' | '''Ray Harryhausen''' was an American-British 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== | ||
*''[[Mighty Joe Young]]'' (1949) - | *''[[Mighty Joe Young (1949 film)|Mighty Joe Young]]'' (1949) - First technician | ||
* ''[[The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms]]'' (1953) - | *''[[The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms]]'' (1953) - Visual effects | ||
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* ''[[ | *''[[Mighty Joe Young (1998 film)|Mighty Joe Young]]'' (1998) as man at party | ||
==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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Ray Harryhausen was an American-British 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) - Visual effects
Actor
- Mighty Joe Young (1998) as man at party
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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