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
coffee phones asking
Animation requires a great deal of concentration, and I preferred to work alone because then I'm not deterred by somebody asking me if I want coffee, or the phone ringing or something.
new-york kings tired
Animation had been used only for things like King Kong and the destruction of cities, which was very popular in the 1950s. I got tired of destroying cities. I destroyed New York, I destroyed San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge, Rome, and Washington. I was looking for a new outlet, and I came across the Sinbad legends.
mean creating doe
When you put a big budget into a film, it doesn't necessarily mean it will be a better picture, but it does help in creating new images on the screen.
photography kings real
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.
hands snakes mad
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.
real sometimes king-kong
If you make things too real, sometimes you bring it down to the mundane.