Ray Harryhausen
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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,[2] 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. He passed away on May 7, 2013, in London, England, at the age of 92.[1] The 2013 film Pacific Rim was dedicated to him and director Ishiro Honda.[3]
Selected filmography
- Mighty Joe Young (1949) - First technician
- The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953) - Technical effects creator
- King Kong (1966) - Stop motion technician [unproduced; with Jim Danforth, David Allen]
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
Harryhausen's cameo in Mighty Joe Young (1998)
Videos
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Trivia
- A G-Team officer named Harryhausen played by Shauna Rappold appears in the 2019 film Godzilla: King of the Monsters.
References
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