‘The Fantastical Worlds of Ray Harryhausen,’ a summer retrospective exhibition focusing on the careers of the visual effects pioneer, opens May 14 at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
The free exhibition, which will be shown in the fourth-floor gallery at the Academy’s Beverly Hills building, will feature original models, drawings, storyboards and behind-the-scenes photographs demonstrating Harryhausen’s effects work.
Harryhausen’s credits include It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955), Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956), The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958), Jason and the Argonauts (1963), The 3 Worlds of Gulliver (1960), One Million Years B.C. (1966) and Clash of the Titans (1981).
The Academy’s galleries are located at 8949 Wilshire Blvd., and are open Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on weekends from noon to 6 p.m. The galleries will be closed for the Memorial Day (May 29 and 30) and Independence Day (July 3 and 4) holiday weekends.
For more information call (310) 247-3600 or visit www.oscars.org.
