Person
John Whitney Sr.
Directing · 1917–1995 · Pasadena, California, USA.
Biography
John Whitney, Sr. (April 8, 1917—September 22, 1995) was an American animator, composer and inventor, widely considered to be one of the 'fathers' of computer animation.
Known for
Screening Room
Himself
Matrix
Director
Home Movies 1971-81
1985
Permutations
Director
Matrix III
Director
Five Film Exercises: Film 2-3
Director
Arabesque
Director
Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film
Himself (archive footage)
Moon Drum
Director
Catalog
Director
Filmography
- 2011Free Radicals: A History of Experimental FilmHimself (archive footage)
- 1993Abstract CinemaHimself
- 1992A Personal Search For the Complementarity of Music and Visual Art
- 1991Moon DrumDirector
- 1985Home Movies 1971-81
- 1975ArabesqueDirector
- 1973Hex DemoDirector
- 1972Screening RoomHimself
- 1972Matrix IIIDirector
- 1971MatrixDirector
- 1970Osaka 1-2-3Director
- 1968PermutationsDirector
- 1968Experiments in Motion GraphicsHimself
- 1961CatalogDirector
- 1956Blues PatternDirector
- 1955The Performing PainterDirector
- 1953Mozart RondoDirector
- 1952Hot HouseDirector
- 1951Celery Stalks at MidnightDirector
- 1949MahzelDirector
- 1944Five Film Exercises: Film 5Director
- 1944Five Film Exercises: Film 4Director
- 1944Five Film Exercises: Film 2-3Director
- 1943Five Film Exercises: Film 1Director
- 194024 Variations on a ThemeDirector
- —The Film Art of John Whitney, Sr.Himself
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