The first Ray Harryhausen movie I saw was the last one he made. In 1981, the Greek fantasy epic Clash of the Titans hit theaters, featuring some of the master animator’s finest work. I was eight years ...

Ray Harryhausen, the animator and special-effects wizard who found ways to breathe cinematic life into the gargantuan, the mythical and the extinct, died Tuesday in London, where he lived. He was 92.

LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 29: Special effects creator Ray Harryhausen poses for photographs with an enlarged model of Medusa from his 1981 film 'Clash Of The Titans' at the The Myths And Legends ...

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LOS ANGELES – Ray Harryhausen, the stop-motion animation legend whose work on “The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms,” “Jason and the Argonauts” and other science fiction and fantasy film classics made him a ...

Fifty years after the release of the groundbreakingThe Seventh Voyage of Sinbad, a new box set celebrates the craft of a Hollywood special effects innovator. Ray Harryhausen is an Oscar-winning ...

Ray Harryhausen’s stop-motion, sword-fighting skeletons, as seen in the film Jason and The Argonauts. Censors in Britain removed them from the film, so as not to frighten children. The Cinémathèque ...

LONDON -- When Ray Harryhausen was 13, he was so overwhelmed by "King Kong" that he vowed he would create otherworldly creatures on film. He fulfilled his desire as an adult, thrilling audiences with ...

LONDON - When Ray Harryhausen was 13, he was so overwhelmed by "King Kong" that he vowed he would create otherworldly creatures on film. He fulfilled his desire as an adult, thrilling audiences with ...