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John Whitney, Sr. (April 8, 1917—September 22, 1995) was an American animator, composer and inventor, widely considered to be one of the 'fathers' of computer animation.
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24 June 1993
Several well-known and pioneering abstract filmmakers discuss the history of non-objective cinema, the works of those that came before them and their own experiments in the field of visionary filmmaking.
01 January 1985
Home movies shot on Super 8mm by W+B Hein over 10 years.
09 February 1944
Two short fragments resulting from experiments in controlling the mechanical development of the instrument.
02 January 1953
Short film by John Whitney. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2005.
01 November 1972
An abstract computer-generated animation set to music by Terry Riley.
01 January 1951
Early 'visual music' film by John Whitney. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 1999.
21 December 1943
Begins with a three beat announcement drawn out in time which thereafter serves as a figure to divide the four sections.
15 May 1944
The entire film is divided into four consecutive chosen approaches—the fourth section devoted to a reiteration and extension of the original material.
01 July 1992
A Personal Search For the Complementarity of Music and Visual Art (1992) uses the concept of complementarity to make sense of the confusion that existed between fine art and technology in the late 20th century.
31 July 1944
Opens with a short canonical statement of a theme upon which the entire film is constructed. The canon is repeated in contrasting variations by means of color.
01 May 1973
A silent black and white computer graphic short film specially made to accompany John H. Whitney's Lecture on Digital Harmony at Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada, in 1973.
01 January 1975
John Whitney's pioneering work of computer animation, Arabesque, from 1975. This flowing, abstract short film is a wonder to behold, a work of art.
21 December 1968
An experimental short film by John Whitney Sr. which combines animated shapes and colors; Computer graphics as dynamic, swirling art.
18 May 1971
A piece of abstract cinema by John Whitney. A series squares follow a 3-dimensional track, each one with a slight delay after the other.
01 January 1956
A UPA/CBS cartoon film by Ernest Pintoff and John Whitney, music by Shorty Rogers.
02 January 1952
Short film by John Whitney. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 1999.
01 January 1991
Moon Drum offers an impressionistic evocation of the mood, color and feel of native American art created by computer graphics.
30 November 1968
John H. Whitney Sr. explains the graphic art potential of the computer and the methods and philosophy involved in his computer filmmaking.
