Ray Harryhausen
Ray Harryhausen
Raymond Frederick "Ray" Harryhausenwas an American visual effects creator, writer, and producer who created a form of stop-motion model animation known as "Dynamation."...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionOther
Date of Birth29 June 1920
CityLos Angeles, CA
CountryUnited States of America
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So our films had a lot more to them than entertainment value, and I'm glad that a lot of people recognize that now. People realize now the value of them as educational.
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I always worked with the writer, and the producer, and sometimes the director wouldn't come in until the picture was ready to go. It's not a director's picture as you imagine in the European sense of the word. It has to be laid out -- otherwise we couldn't make them for the price we did. I was responsible for laying out the special effects and making the picture practical.
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I had to learn to do everything because I couldn't find another kindred soul. Now you see eighty people listed doing the same things I was doing by myself.
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I was going to Columbia Pictures and Eastman Kodak had a class going for cameramen. I signed up to be a field cameraman. I showed this film to my professor and he showed it to Frank Capra.
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Medusa was fascinating to work with because I gave her a snake's body so that she could pull herself with her hands which gave her a very creepy aura. I didn't want to animate cosmic gowns. Most Medusas you see in the classics have flowing robes which would be mad to even try to animate.
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There’s a strange quality in stop-motion photography, like in King Kong, that adds to the fantasy. If you make things too real, sometimes you bring it down to the mundane.
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That's why I never became a director. I never had patience with people.
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I took courses at USC in film editing and art direction and photography when I was still in high school.