A Comprehensive site on stop-motion animator Ray Harryhausen including an in-depth bio, information on all his films, images, sounds and movie clips.

King Kong could not have been possible if not for the contribution of the special effects genius Willis O'Brien who turned an eighteen inch high model into the eighth wonder of the world. O'Brien utilized a cinematic process known as stop-motion animation where miniature models were photographed one frame at a time and repositioned between exposures. When the processed film was projected in ...

Quay fans... check out the films of Guy Maddin now on DVD! FILMOGRAPHY | SHORT FILMS | INSTITUTE BENJAMENTA | IN ABSENTIA | MAILING LIST | VIDEO AND DVD The extraordinary Brothers Quay are two of the world's most original and much imitated filmmakers. These identical twins were born in Pennsylvania, but live in London in publicity-shy seclusion, making their unique and innovative animated films ...

Shifting Realities: The Brothers Quay--Between Live Action and Animation by Suzanne Buchan The Brothers Quay are among the most accomplished animation artists to emerge in recent years. Their fantastic decor and Kafkaesque puppets, attention to the liberation of the mistake and their casual and lingering closeups combine in an ingenious alchemy of unconscious, metaphoric vision. Watching any of ...

A.k.a. Wladyslaw Starewicz & Ladislas Starevich (1892-1965) Starewicz INVENTED the 3-d stop motion animated film (puppet film) in 1910 and continued creating them until his death, even after he retired in 1959. His films, although emotionally aimed at children, are what we today would deem strange because of the often grotesque characters and situations... keep in mind, what was considered ...

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