Cast & creator
John Whitney Sr.
Best known for Screening Room, Birth of a Nation, Arabesque
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.
Also known as: John Whitney
Movies
29
film credits
Series
1
television credits
Career
8
1940–2011 · acting roles
Credit score
6.2
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (30)
Showing 30 of 30 credits
Series
Screening Room
Himself
1972
Movie
★ 7.0
Birth of a Nation
Self
1997
Movie
★ 7.6
Arabesque
Director
1975
Movie
★ 6.0
Permutations
Director
1968
Movie
★ 7.0
Matrix III
Director
1972
Movie
Home Movies 1971-81
1985
Movie
★ 7.3
Matrix
Director
1971
Movie
★ 6.8
Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film
Himself (archive footage)
2011
Movie
Moon Drum
Director
1991M
Movie
Mozart Rondo
Director
1953H
Movie
Hot House
Director
1952M
Movie
Mahzel
Director
1949
Movie
★ 6.5
Catalog
Director
1961B
Movie
Blues Pattern
Director
1956H
Movie
Hex Demo
Director
1973F
Movie
★ 4.5
Five Film Exercises: Film 2-3
Director
1944
Movie
A Personal Search For the Complementarity of Music and Visual Art
1992T
Movie
The Film Art of John Whitney, Sr.
Himself
Movie
★ 4.6
Five Film Exercises: Film 4
Director
1944Movie
★ 5.1
Five Film Exercises: Film 1
Director
1943
Movie
★ 5.2
Celery Stalks at Midnight
Director
1951
Movie
Five Film Exercises: Film 5
Director
1944
Movie
Osaka 1-2-3
Director
1970T
Movie
★ 4.0
The Performing Painter
Director
1955E
Movie
Experiments in Motion Graphics
Himself
1968E
Movie
Experiments in Motion Graphics
Director
1968E
Movie
Experiments in Motion Graphics
Producer
1968E
Movie
Experiments in Motion Graphics
Writer
19682
Movie
24 Variations on a Theme
Director
1940
Movie
★ 9.0
Abstract Cinema
Himself
1993