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John Whitney Sr.
Deceased

When Did John Whitney Sr. Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 78
Also known asJohn WhitneyGenderMaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn08/04/1917Born inPasadena, California, USA.Died22/09/1995 (aged 78)Died inSanta MonicaWikidataQ3182739 ↗TMDb#159194 ↗

John Hales Whitney Sr. was an American animator, composer and inventor, widely considered to be one of the pioneers of computer animation.

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Filmography8 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2011Free Radicals: A History of Experimental FilmMovieHimself (archive footage)94
1997Birth of a NationMovieSelf80
1993Abstract CinemaMovieHimself76
1992A Personal Search For the Complementarity of Music and Visual ArtMovie—75
1985Home Movies 1971-81Movie—68
1972Screening RoomSeriesHimself55
1968Experiments in Motion GraphicsMovieHimself51
0The Film Art of John Whitney, Sr.MovieHimself—