John Whitney Sr.

★ Directing #11,217

1917 - 1995 (age 78) • Directing

Born: 4/8/1917 in Pasadena, California, USA.

Died: 9/22/1995 (age 78)

Known for: Directing

John Whitney Sr.

★ Directing #11,217

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

Permutations

60%

Director

1968

Five Film Exercises: Film 2-3

45%

Director

1944

Five Film Exercises: Film 1

51%

Director

1943

Arabesque

76%

Director

1975

Matrix III

70%

Director

1972

Five Film Exercises: Film 4

46%

Director

1944

Catalog

65%

Director

1961

Celery Stalks at Midnight

52%

Director

1951

Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film

68%

Himself (archive footage)

2011

Abstract Cinema

90%

Himself

1993

A Personal Search For the Complementarity of Music and Visual Art

1992

Moon Drum

Director

1991

Home Movies 1971-81

1985

Arabesque

76%

Director

1975

Hex Demo

Director

1973

Matrix III

70%

Director

1972

Screening Room

Himself

1972

Matrix

73%

Director

1971

The Film Art of John Whitney, Sr.

Himself

Osaka 1-2-3

Director

1970

Permutations

60%

Director

1968

Experiments in Motion Graphics

Himself

1968

Experiments in Motion Graphics

Producer

1968

Experiments in Motion Graphics

Director

1968

Experiments in Motion Graphics

Writer

1968

Catalog

65%

Director

1961

Blues Pattern

Director

1956

The Performing Painter

40%

Director

1955

Mozart Rondo

Director

1953

Hot House

Director

1952

Celery Stalks at Midnight

52%

Director

1951

Mahzel

Director

1949

Five Film Exercises: Film 5

Director

1944

Five Film Exercises: Film 4

46%

Director

1944

Five Film Exercises: Film 2-3

45%

Director

1944

Five Film Exercises: Film 1

51%

Director

1943