1 Just about everyone in the field of special effects respects Ray Harryhausen.
Ray Harryhausen is famous for his stop-motion FX technique-turning the camera off, changing a scene, and turning the camera on again.
2 Growing Up
Ray Harryhausen born in Los Angeles in 1920.
He saw the Lost world in 1925 and the special effects impressed him.
In 1993, Ray saw King Kong.
In the lobby, there was a collection of stills, pictures from the film.
The pictures inspired Ray. He asked the theater manager if he could borrow them.
The theater manager said no because he didn't own the stills, but he gave Ray the name of theperson who did-Forrest Ackerman.
Ackerman loaned Ray the pictuers. Ackerman introduced Ray to science fiction, and the two became friends for life.