Jim Danforth is a master stop-motion animator, well-known for his model-animation work and matte painting skill. Danforth is known for his superb work on "When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth" (1971), a sequel of sorts to Ray Harryhausen's "One Million Years B.C." (1967). Danforth later went on to work with Harryhausen on the film "Clash of the Titans" (1981), in which he was mainly responsible for the animation of the winged-horse Pegasus. Wikipedia
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In the world of stop-motion special effects animation, the name Jim Danforth is as big as the towering dinosaurs he brought to life in the fantasy classic When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth . In films like The 7 Faces of Dr. Lao , he created some of the silv animationmagazine.net/article/856
In the world of stop-motion special effects animation, the name Jim Danforth is as big as the towering dinosaurs he brought to life in the fantasy classic When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth . In films like The 7 Faces of Dr. Lao , he created some of the silv www.animationmagazine.net/article.php?article_id=856
Jim Danforth 's wonderful dinos for Ruled the Earth were the yardstick for realism until the breakthrough of Jurassic Park in the 90's; he's worked in effects constantly but has done far more matte paintings than stop motion work. www.dvdtalk.com/dvdsavant/s82harry.html
