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John Whitney
Sign in to saveAlso known as John Whitney, Sr., John Whitney (animator), John Hales Whitney, John Hales Whitney, Sr.
American animator (1917-1995)
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It sits within the topics 1917 births, 1995 deaths and 20th-century American composers.
Its subject is documented across 7 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1916
- Works
- 23
Top works
- Materials for the study of local history in Japan
- Patterns of stability and change in rural Japanese politics
- Modern trends in Tokugawa Japan
- History of the world
- Japan
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Film & TV
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.
Known for
- Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film — Himself (archive footage)2011
- Abstract Cinema — Himself1993
- A Personal Search For the Complementarity of Music and Visual Art1992
- Home Movies 1971-811985
- Screening Room — Himself1972
- Experiments in Motion Graphics — Himself1968
- The Film Art of John Whitney, Sr. — Himself
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1963-08-09
- Active to
- 2012-02-11
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 196
- Total plays
- 390
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. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/John+Whitney">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Pasadena
- Place of death
- Santa Monica
- Occupation
- programmer
- Educated at
- Pomona College
- Employer
- UPA
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- visualization
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- date of birth
- 1917-04-08
- date of death
- 1995-09-22
Sources (2)
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Gallery (2)
Available in 7 languages
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