As one of the most highly acclaimed stop-motion animators in movie history, Ray Harryhausen was responsible for the dinosaurs, animals, mythological creatures, and aliens in such classic films as The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, King Kong, Jason & The Argonauts, and War of the Worlds. These extraordinary creatures stole scene after scene from human actors, and this book shows how he developed them.When writing his autobiography, An Animated Life, Ray Harryhausen and Tony Dalton realized that they were working with a collection of art too extensive to share in one book. As a result, this companion volume lets readers explore the hoard of artwork that Harryhausen has preserved in his London home.Reproduced to the highest standards, this artwork includes preliminary sketches, elaborate drawings of key scenes, and storyboards, all produced as he prepared to undertake the laborious task of animating each creature. Also shown here are the tiny, elaborately artic
Review
"Ray has been a great inspiration to us in the special visual industry. The art of his earlier films, which most of us grew up on, inspired us so much." —GEORGE LUCAS PRODUCER/DIRECTOR
"The Lord of the Rings is my ‘Ray Harryhausen movie.’ Without that lifelong love of his wondrous images and storytelling, it would never have been made–not by me at least." —FROM THE FOREWORD BY PETER JACKSON
"One of the world’s greatest manipulators" —KERMIT FROG
About the Author
RAY HARRYHAUSEN, universally revered as the grandmaster of special effects in the pre-computer age, was born in Los Angeles but now lives in London.
TONY DALTON has worked as a film publicist and historian and now runs his own archive research company. Together, they have also written Ray’s autobiography, An Animated Life and A Century of Stop-Motion Animation.
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As one of the most highly acclaimed stop-motion animators in movie history, Ray Harryhausen was responsible for the dinosaurs, animals, mythological creatures, and aliens in such classic films as The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, King Kong, Jason & The Argonauts, and War of the Worlds. These extraordinary creatures stole scene after scene from human actors, and this book shows how he developed them.When writing his autobiography, An Animated Life, Ray Harryhausen and Tony Dalton realized that they were working with a collection of art too extensive to share in one book. As a result, this companion volume lets readers explore the hoard of artwork that Harryhausen has preserved in his London home.Reproduced to the highest standards, this artwork includes preliminary sketches, elaborate drawings of key scenes, and storyboards, all produced as he prepared to undertake the laborious task of animating each creature. Also shown here are the tiny, elaborately artic
Review
"Ray has been a great inspiration to us in the special visual industry. The art of his earlier films, which most of us grew up on, inspired us so much."
—GEORGE LUCAS PRODUCER/DIRECTOR
"The Lord of the Rings is my ‘Ray Harryhausen movie.’ Without that lifelong love of his wondrous images and storytelling, it would never have been made–not by me at least."
—FROM THE FOREWORD BY PETER JACKSON
"One of the world’s greatest manipulators"
—KERMIT FROG
About the Author
RAY HARRYHAUSEN, universally revered as the grandmaster of special effects in the pre-computer age, was born in Los Angeles but now lives in London.
TONY DALTON has worked as a film publicist and historian and now runs his own archive research company. Together, they have also written Ray’s autobiography, An Animated Life and A Century of Stop-Motion Animation.