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John Whitney Sr. (1917–1995)

Director | Visual Effects | Cinematographer

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Born:

John Hales Whitney
in Pasadena, California, USA

Died:

(age 78) in Los Angeles, California, USA
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1976 Arabesque (short)
 
1972 Matrix III (short)
 
1968 Permutations (short)
 
1961 Catalog (short)
 
1951 Celery Stalks at Midnight (short)
 
1944 Film Exercises 2-3 (short)
 
1944 Film Exercises 4-5 (short)
 
1943 Film Exercise #1 (short)
 
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1971 The Andromeda Strain (early video effects for film - uncredited)
 
1958 Vertigo (motion control designer: title sequence - uncredited)
 
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1968 Permutations (short) (uncredited)
 
1943 Film Exercise #1 (short) (director of photography)
 
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1968 Permutations (short) (producer - uncredited)
 
1943 Film Exercise #1 (short) (producer)
 
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1968 Permutations (short) (uncredited)
 
1943 Film Exercise #1 (short)
 
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1982 Computers Are People, Too! (TV documentary) (acknowledgment - as John Whitney)
 
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1999 The Story of Computer Graphics (documentary)
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1993 Abstract Cinema (TV documentary)
Himself (as John Whitney)
 
1975 The Film Art of John Whitney, Sr. (TV documentary)
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