John Whitney Sr.

Person

John Whitney Sr.

Directing April 8, 1917

Pasadena, California, USA.

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.

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Known for

Popular titles

Permutations

Permutations

6.0 1968 Movie
Screening Room

Screening Room

1972 TV Show
Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film

Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film

6.8 2011 Movie
Arabesque

Arabesque

7.6 1975 Movie
Five Film Exercises: Film 1

Five Film Exercises: Film 1

5.1 1943 Movie
Matrix III

Matrix III

7.0 1972 Movie
Matrix

Matrix

7.3 1971 Movie
Five Film Exercises: Film 4

Five Film Exercises: Film 4

4.6 1944 Movie
Catalog

Catalog

6.5 1961 Movie
Moon Drum

Moon Drum

1991 Movie
Home Movies 1971-81

Home Movies 1971-81

1985 Movie
Celery Stalks at Midnight

Celery Stalks at Midnight

5.2 1951 Movie

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2011
    Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film

    Movie Himself (archive footage)

  2. 1993
    Abstract Cinema

    Movie Himself

  3. 1992
    A Personal Search For the Complementarity of Music and Visual Art

    Movie

  4. 1991
    Moon Drum

    Movie Director

  5. 1985
    Home Movies 1971-81

    Movie

  6. 1975
    Arabesque

    Movie Director

  7. 1973
    Hex Demo

    Movie Director

  8. 1972
    Screening Room

    TV show Himself

  9. 1972
    Matrix III

    Movie Director

  10. 1971
    Matrix

    Movie Director

  11. 1970
    Osaka 1-2-3

    Movie Director

  12. 1968
    Permutations

    Movie Director

  13. 1968
    Experiments in Motion Graphics

    Movie Himself

  14. 1961
    Catalog

    Movie Director

  15. 1956
    Blues Pattern

    Movie Director

  16. 1955
    The Performing Painter

    Movie Director

More credits
  1. 1953
    Mozart Rondo

    Movie Director

  2. 1952
    Hot House

    Movie Director

  3. 1951
    Celery Stalks at Midnight

    Movie Director

  4. 1949
    Mahzel

    Movie Director

  5. 1944
    Five Film Exercises: Film 5

    Movie Director

  6. 1944
    Five Film Exercises: Film 4

    Movie Director

  7. 1944
    Five Film Exercises: Film 2-3

    Movie Director

  8. 1943
    Five Film Exercises: Film 1

    Movie Director

  9. 1940
    24 Variations on a Theme

    Movie Director

  10. —
    The Film Art of John Whitney, Sr.

    Movie Himself