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Ray Harryhausen 1920 – 2013
It is possible that I would have ventured into the entertainment industry if my dad had not taken me to the drive-in to see One Million Years B.C., but he did. I was nine years old, and I became obsessed with the man who had created the dinosaurs that shared the barren prehistoric landscape along with John Richardson and Raquel Welch. I didn’t know how he did it, what he looked like or even how to pronounce his name, but I knew I wanted to be Ray Harryhausen.
The Grandmaster of stop-motion animation died last week. I haven’t had time to write a proper tribute, but rather than wait a year (as I did when Ray Bradbury passed away) I wanted to post images of things I never would have built, directed or drawn if not for Harryhausen.
![Armature-1975](http://www.douglefler.com/demo/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Armature-1975-580x800.jpg)
![Doug-Lefler-1974](http://www.douglefler.com/demo/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Doug-Lefler-1974-580x729.jpg)
![Road-to-Calydon-1995](http://www.douglefler.com/demo/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Road-to-Calydon-1995-580x438.jpg)
![The-King-of-Thieves-1995](http://www.douglefler.com/demo/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/The-King-of-Thieves-1995-580x438.jpg)
![A-Family-Affair-1998](http://www.douglefler.com/demo/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/A-Family-Affair-1998-580x408.jpg)
![Dragonheart,-A-New-Beginning-2000](http://www.douglefler.com/demo/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Dragonheart-A-New-Beginning-2000-580x436.jpg)
![Nephilim-Dinosaurs](http://www.douglefler.com/demo/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Nephilim-Dinosaurs-580x290.jpg)
![Dragon-Island-Nest-wip](http://www.douglefler.com/demo/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Dragon-Island-Nest-wip-580x237.jpg)
![Ashfire-Moon-Monsters](http://www.douglefler.com/demo/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Ashfire-Moon-Monsters-580x315.jpg)
Let’s not forget “Jason and the Argonauts” — the skeleton army grown from dragon’s teeth were awesome. A lot of characters to juggle.