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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

(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 ...

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 ...

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.

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Motion picture special-effect wizard Ray Harryhausen died Tuesday at the age of 92. Harryhausen died at a London hospital from unknown causes. His family released the ...

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 ...