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Ray Harryhausen
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Producer, Associate Producer, Special Effects Born: June 29, 1920 in Los Angeles, CA Biography:Ray Harryhausen carved out an all-but-unique niche for himself in movies, from the 1950s through the 1980s. In an era in which actors commanded the lion's share of public attention, with directors (and sometimes the increasingly rare producer) taking most of what was left, Harryhausen -- who was neither an actor, director, or producer -- acquired a worldwide fandom as the creator and designer of some of the most beloved fantasy films of all time. He is usually identified as a special-effects designer and, more specifically, a master of stop-motion animation, but Harryhausen's role goes much deeper than that. He is the originator of most of the movies with which he is associated, and his special effects determine the shape, content, and nuances of his movies down to the script level, much more so than the directors of the movies, who often had little more to do than move actors around and run the crew.... Full Biography
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