Ray Harryhausen

Ray Harryhausen (June 20, 1920 - May 7, 2013) was one of the most famous American special effects artists. He was inspired by Willis O'Brien's King Kong film and based many of the creatures in his movies off of the giant gorilla's stop-motion effects. Through the 50s and 70s, Harryhausen created many stop-motion animation monsters in movies from Mighty Joe Young to Clash of the Titans. Harryhausen developed an interest in dinosaurs and included them and other prehistoric beasts in many of his other works (Gwangi, Allosaurus), even films that take place in the frontier and the Middle Ages.

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His name appears in the end credits of Godzilla: King of the Monsters as an Easter Egg in the form of "G-Team Officer Harryhausen".

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