Thursday, May 9, 2013

Hollywood effects wizard Ray Harryhausen dies at 92 - USA Today

Stop-motion legend developed many of the techniques that have become today's industry standards.

Ray Harryhausen, the visual effects pioneer who worked on classic films including "Mighty Joe Young" (1949), "It Came From Beneath The Sea" (1955) and "Jason and the Argonauts" (1963) passed away today, according to a statement from his family.

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

Legendary visual effects pioneer and stop-motion model animator Ray Harryhausen has sadly passed away at the age of 92. Hit the jump to read the official statement, including comments from George Lucas, Peter Jackson

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

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