Idle thunk

[jester_uk]

I was just perusing an online TV guide, and spotted that "The Golden Voyage of Sinbad" is on this afternoon

Comments

[hobnobs]

I can name SFX guys, but most of them are CGI rather than the stop-motion that made Harryhausen a worldwide name and to be honest I don't rate the CGI stuff at the same level as Harryhausen.

When it comes to non-CGI there's no-one that's got the exposure level that Harryhausen has, mainly because of the iconic look of his work, but there are a couple I can think of.

Nick Park is the first; well-known, award-winning, and also gets a decent level of name-checking. (Either him, or his Aardman Animations company.)

Henry Selick/Tim Burton are there too, although people tend to think of the films they make rather than the animation itself.

Mike Jittlov is the final one. Personally I think he's one of the most creative SFX people I've seen, but he's nowhere near the exposure level that Harryhausen/Park have.

[jester_uk]

Not sure why I didn't think of Nick Park, given how much like the Aardman stuff. Possibly because he doesn't get the same sort of name check.

I don't connect Tim Burton and SFX at all though.

And I'm not surprised you could name Mike Jittlov :-) I on the other hand, couldn't put a name to the film.

[wyrdrune]

The Wizard of Speed & Time :)

[hobnobs]

:D

I think Jester meant he knew the film name, but couldn't put Mike's name to it.

[jester_uk]

Lousy memory, that's how. :-)

[jester_uk]

This is probably it.

Though even the studios don't get namechecked the same way in listings (I'm not counting "A Disney-Pixar film" as the same thing)

[supermouse]

Jim Henson?

[jester_uk]

Yeah, I think Henson really should have come to mind.
This probably suggests I need to rewatch a couple of films :-)