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Date of Birth
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29-June-1920
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Place of Birth
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Los Angeles
(Southern California, Los Angeles County, United States of America, California)
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Nationality
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United States of America
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Also know as
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Raymond Harryhausen, Jerome Wray, Raymond Frederick Harryhausen, Raymond Frederick "Ray" Harryhausen, Ray Harry Hausen, Harry Hausen, Ray, Raymond Harryhausen Jerome Wray
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Profession
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Film Producer, Film director, Actor, Writer, Visual Effects Artist, Animator, Cinematographer, Screenwriter
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Raymond Frederick "Ray" Harryhausen was an American visual effects creator, writer, and producer who created a form of stop-motion model animation known as "Dynamation."
His most memorable works include the animation on Mighty Joe Young, with his mentor Willis H. O'Brien, which won the Academy Award for special effects; The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, his first color film; and Jason and the Argonauts, featuring a famous sword fight against seven skeleton warriors. His last film was Clash of the Titans, after which he retired.
Harryhausen lived in London, England, from 1960 until his death in 2013.
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