His family announced his death via The Ray and Diana Harryhausen ... pitting Jason against dangerous harpies, a multi-headed hydra and arguably Harryhausen's most famous creations, an animated ...

Over the course of his imaginative and painstaking career, the stop-motion animation wizard Ray Harryhausen created ... giant Thalos,” “vulturous harpies,” “the dreaded seven-headed ...

For all lovers of adventure films, Ray Harryhausen is one of the most magically charged ... or a flock of shrieking harpies descending, it’s not a case of focussing on the effort required to make it ...

Ray Harryhausen, who brought sword-fighting skeletons to the 1963 movie Jason and the Argonauts and was known as the master of stop-motion animation for his work on that and other films such as ...

Perhaps the most celebrated scene of the film, and certainly the one most people would associate with the name Harryhausen ... the bat-like Harpies who swoop in on the orders of Zeus, and the ...

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 ...

Ray Harryhausen, the legendary stop-motion effects artist responsible for the wondrous visuals of 1981's Clash of the Titans and the battling skeletons of Jason and the Argonauts, has died.

Ray Harryhausen, the special-effects and stop-motion pioneer whose work on fantasy and monster movies delighted millions and inspired a generation of filmmakers, died Tuesday at age 92 ...

In 1955, producer Charles H. Schneer and special-effects guru Ray Harryhausen began their long-running collaboration, creating 12 fantastic films in 26 years that profoundly influenced future ...

Dennis Muren, Eight-time Oscar winner and creative director at Industrial Light & Magic “Watching Ray Harryhausen’s films growing up was a pure joy. He brought legends to life and he became a ...

(CBS SF/AP) - Ray Harryhausen, a master of movie special effects whose work was beloved by fantasy film lovers and influenced industry heavyweights such as George Lucas and Peter Jackson ...

Larry Mantle speaks with Ray Harryhausen, one of film’s greatest stop-motion animators. Inspired by early movies like King Kong, he began with a 16 millimeter camera and hand-made clay dinosaurs.