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Ray Harryhausen
, 1920 - 2013
Ray Harryhausen was an American visual effects creator, designer, artist, writer, and producer. Born in California, Harryhausen moved to the UK and lived in London from 1960 until his death. Harryhausen became interested in stop-motion animation after seeing King Kong (1933) at thirteen; the animator for this film, Willis O’Brien, would become his mentor. His first film was Mighty Joe Young (1949), which he worked on as an assistant animator, after which he was in charge of technical effects on The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953). Harryhausen's most famous achievement is the skeleton battle scene in Jason and the Argonauts (1963); amongst others, this and Clash of the Titans (1981) are considered some of his best works. In 1992 Harryhausen was granted an honorary Oscar. He died in 2013. Harryhausen's work is extremely influential, inspiring filmmakers including Steven Spielberg, Peter Jackson, Guillermo del Toro, Wes Anderson, Tim Burton, and J. J. Abrams.
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Wikipedia (accessed: September 3, 2020),
IMDb(accessed: Sept. 3, 2020).
Bio prepared by Aimee Hinds, University of Roehampton, hindsa@roehampton.ac.uk
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