Ray Harryhausen

Ray Harryhausen was born in 1920 and in 1942 he enlisted in the army and started work on propaganda films for them. He then started work in Hollywood in the 1960's, he was displeased as at the time Hollywood didn't allow hands on film making; each person had to stick to the role they were given within the industry. Ray Harryhausen is most known for his work on "Jason and the Argonauts", "The 7th voyage of Sindbad", "One million years BC"and "Clash of the Titans". Perhaps one of his most famous accomplishments is the skeleton fight scene from "Jason and the Argonauts", the scene took 4 and a half months to complete and Harryhausen was responsible for every frame of animation in that scene and in the whole film. He inspired many of today's filmmakers such as Peter Jackson, James Cameron and Steven Spielberg.