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Ray HarryhausenFilmmaker
Born: 29 June 1920 Birthplace: Los Angeles, California Best known as: Stop-motion filmmaker who did Jason and the Argonauts Ray Harryhausen got his start working on visual effects in the 1949 movie Mighty Joe Young. Using stop-motion photography and models, Harryhausen became one of the pioneers of visual effects in fantasy films. In 1953 he teamed with friend and writer Ray Bradbury to make The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms, and he is famous for his work in films such as Earth vs. the Flying Saucers, The 7th Voyage of Sinbad and Jason and the Argonauts. Harryhausen's last film was 1981's Clash of the Titans. Extra credit: Harryhausen was awarded a special Oscar in 1992 for his body of work. Copyright © 1998-2012 by Who2?, LLC. All rights reserved. More on Ray Harryhausen from Infoplease:
- Ray Harryhausen - Biography of Ray Harryhausen, Stop-motion filmmaker who did Jason and the Argonauts
- Willis O'Brien - Biography of Willis O'Brien, The animator of the original King Kong
- Ray Bradbury - Biography of Ray Bradbury, Author of Fahrenheit 451 and The Martian Chronicles
- Earth vs. the Flying Saucers - Starring Hugh Marlowe, Joan Taylor, Donald Curtis, Morris Ankrum, John Zaremba
- Evil Dead 2 - Starring Bruce Campbell, Sarah Berry, Dan Hicks, Kassie Wesley DePaiva, Ted Raimi
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