Biography
James Danforth (born July 13, 1940) is an American stop-motion animator, known for model-animation, matte painting, and for his work on When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970), a theme-sequel to Ray Harryhausen's One Million Years B.C. (1967). He later went on to work with Ray Harryhausen on the film Clash of the Titans (1981) to mainly do the animation of the winged horse Pegasus.
Danforth has been nominated two times for an Academy Award for Visual Effects for George Pal's 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964), and for When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970).
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Filmography
all 27
Movies 27
self 3
Director 1
Self
Dinosaur Movies (1993)
Movie
Thanks
Highway to Hell (1991)
Movie
7.67
Soldier
Empire of the Dark (1990)
Movie
Self
Hollywood Dinosaur Chronicles (1987)
Movie
Matte Painter
Commando (1985)
Movie
5.86
Visual Effects / Second Unit Director / Matte Painter
The Stuff (1985)
Movie
6
Self / Title Graphics
The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal (1985)
Movie
Williams
The Aftermath (1982)
Movie
Matte Painter
Planet of Dinosaurs (1977)
Movie
Visual Effects / Matte Painter
The Reincarnation of Peter Proud (1975)
Movie
Visual Effects
Flesh Gordon (1974)
Movie
Animation
Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1973)
Movie
Posse Member
Zorgon: The H-Bomb Beast From Hell (1972)
Movie
Special Effects Coordinator
Earth II (1971)
Movie
Modeling
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
Movie
7.5
Visual Effects
When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970)
Movie
Visual Effects
Little Fauss and Big Halsy (1970)
Movie
Special Effects
Equinox (1970)
Movie
Special Effects
The Equinox...A Journey Into the Supernatural (1967)
Movie
Visual Effects
Around the World Under the Sea (1966)
Movie
6.75
Modeling
Strange Bedfellows (1965)
Movie
Prop Maker
Star Trek: The Cage (1965)
Movie
Visual Effects
7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964)
Movie
Animation
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962)
Movie
Visual Effects
Jack the Giant Killer (1962)
Movie
Visual Effects
Journey to the Seventh Planet (1962)
Movie
Visual Effects
Atlantis: The Lost Continent (1961)
Movie
Ratings
Average 5.51
Based on 475 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
1961
1966
1972
1971
1993
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Information
Known ForVisual Effects
GenderMale
Birthday1940-07-13 (83 years old)
Birth PlaceOhio, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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