Ray Harryhausen. All time great. Rest in peace. — Brad Bird (@BradBirdA113) May 7, 2013 Writer-Director J.J. Abrams, to Entertainment Weekly: He was, obviously, a genius, infinitely ahead of his ...

June 29, 1920 – May 7, 2013 LOS ANGELES – Ray Harryhausen, the stop-motion animation legend whose work on “The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms,” “Jason and the Argonauts” and other ...

In contrast to the millions spent on digital effects today, Harryhausen made his magic on a shoestring. His first effort, "The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms" (1953), cost $250,000 for the entire film.

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 ...

L egendary filmmaker Ray Harryhausen, who created the still dazzling special effects in movies like 1963’s Jason and the Argonauts and 1981’s Clash of the Titans, died in London. He was 92.

That's what Harryhausen says on the commentary track for his 1957 classic, "20 Million Miles to Earth," which arrives Tuesday in a two-disc 50th anniversary special edition set ($24.96).

The Achilles heel of computer-generated visual effects, once you get past the initial ooh-aah of watching a 50-story tidal wave crest over Los Angeles, is the inability to discern a human hand behind ...

Star Ace Toys has been doing something that no one else has by bringing Ray Harryhausen 's stop-motion legacy to life. Before CGI, it was all about the magic of cinema from crafted creatures and ...

The film world is mourning the death of legendary visual effects pioneer Ray Harryhausen. Remembrances and tributes from luminaries such as Mark Gatiss, Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg, Jon Favreau, and ...