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Ray Harryhausen

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Ray Harryhausen (born Raymond Frederick Harryhausen on June 29, 1920 in Los Angeles, California) is an American film producer and a special effects creator most famous for his brand of stop-motion model animation. Some of his most notable works have included his 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. Before the advent of computers for camera motion control and CGI, movies used a variety of approaches to achieve animated special effects. One approach was stop-motion animation which used realistic miniature models (more accurately called model animation), used for the first time in a feature film in The Lost World (1925), and most famously in King Kong (1933).

• Born: June 29, 1920 (age 91) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
• Occupation: Stop motion model animator
• Influenced by: Willis H. O’Brien
• Influenced: Phil Tippett, Dennis Muren, Tim Burton
• Spouse: Diana Livingstone Bruce (1963-present)
• Awards: Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards (2006)

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