The work of special-effects pioneer Ray Harryhausen, who died Tuesday at 92, was chronicled in a 2004 memoir he wrote with British film historian Tony Dalton titled “Ray Harryhausen: An Animated Life.” In the book, Harryhausen noted that he was
Ray Harryhausen, whose dazzling and innovative visual effects work on fantasy adventure films like The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad (1958) and Jason and the Argonauts (1963) augured the explosion of effects-driven cinema
The announcement was made on the official Facebook page of The Ray and Diana Harryhausen Foundation, which noted that "Harryhausen's genius was in being able to bring his models alive. Whether they were prehistoric
Stop-motion legend developed many of the techniques that have become today's industry standards.
Tributes pour in from Oscar-winners at ILM, Weta Digital and more; says Pixar and Disney director Andrew Stanton, “Anyone in the world of animation, SFX or fantasy owes everything to Ray Harryhausen."
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