Ray Harryhausen Movies

A stop-motion animated account of the 1942 Battle of Guadalcanal in World War II. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2004.

Thanks to a partnership between Carlotta Films and the Ray & Diana Harryhausen Foundation, Ray Harryhausen's fairy tales and fables are being shown...

An unrealised film project by Ray Harryhausen. The film was to have depicted a six-limbed alien Jovian attacking ships, people and prehistoric...

Early tests 1937 - 49. Shows two examples: the first has a man cowering from two huge fighting monsters, the second shows a glimpse of ancient man.

The classic Ray Harryhausen tale that still proves "slow and steady" wins the race.

Early test 1952. After an introduction from Ray, we see a glimpse of another un-made Harryhausen film. A test animation to encourage interest in this...

Ray Harryhausen's attempt to show the potential of three dimensional animation in television commercials after World War II, as seenin this...

A documentary showcasing the world's many different animal species, both past and present.

To celebrate the 100th anniversary of paleontologist Barnum T. Brown's discovery of a Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton, Discovery Channel presents this...

A greedy King Midas is visited one day by a mysterious visitor who grants him the ability to turn all things he touches to gold. He learns his lesson...

This is one of four fairy tales master animator Ray Harryhausen made between 1949 and 1953 by hand, using stop-motion photography perfected as an...

Documentary about the technical achievements of the 1940 film classic The Thief of Bagdad.

Based on the classic European fairytale. A young girl is pursued and tricked by a big bad wolf who wants to eat her. Animated by Ray Harryhausen.

Behind the scenes documentary about the stop-motion animation that began production 50 years ago, abandoned, and then picked up by two animators who...

Oscar-winning animator Ray Harryhausen gives an exclusive insight into cinema's most famous monster creations and special effects secrets with the...

Ray Harryhausen discusses the making of 'Mighty Joe Young' with the Chiodo brothers.

In this Puppetoon animated short film (an Academy Award Best Short Subject, Cartoons nominee), a young Dutch couple find their idyllic countryside...

A behind the scenes look at the making of "The Golden Voyage of Sinbad".

Nudism. Esperanto. KING KONG. Sci-Fi. What do all of these things have in common? Simple: Forrest J Ackerman! Who's that? Glad you asked... Forrest...