John Whitney Sr.

Biography

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.

Directed

1. Permutations (1968) — Director
2. Five Film Exercises: Film 1 (1943) — Director
3. Five Film Exercises: Film 2-3 (1944) — Director
4. Arabesque (1975) — Director
5. Five Film Exercises: Film 4 (1944) — Director
6. Matrix III (1972) — Director
7. Catalog (1961) — Director
8. Celery Stalks at Midnight (1951) — Director
9. Matrix (1971) — Director
10. The Performing Painter (1955) — Director
11. Mahzel (1949) — Director
12. Experiments in Motion Graphics (1968) — Director
13. Hex Demo (1973) — Director
14. Osaka 1-2-3 (1970) — Director
15. Five Film Exercises: Film 5 (1944) — Director
16. 24 Variations on a Theme (1940) — Director
17. Hot House (1952) — Director
18. Mozart Rondo (1953) — Director
19. Moon Drum (1991) — Director
20. Blues Pattern (1956) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film (2011) — Himself (archive footage)
2. Abstract Cinema (1993) — Himself
3. The Film Art of John Whitney, Sr. — Himself
4. Home Movies 1971-81 (1985)
5. A Personal Search For the Complementarity of Music and Visual Art (1992)
6. Experiments in Motion Graphics (1968) — Himself
7. Screening Room (1972) — Himself