John Whitney Sr.

John Whitney Sr.

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.

On screen

  • Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film
  • Abstract Cinema
  • A Personal Search For the Complementarity of Music and Visual Art
  • Home Movies 1971-81

Behind the camera

  • Moon Drum
  • Arabesque
  • Matrix III
  • Matrix
  • Osaka 1-2-3
  • Permutations
  • Catalog
  • Celery Stalks at Midnight
  • Five Film Exercises: Film 4
  • Five Film Exercises: Film 5
  • Five Film Exercises: Film 1

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