John Whitney

John Whitney was an American artist that was an animator, composer, and inventor. He was born  on April 8, 1917 and died on September 22, 1995. He was born in Pasadena and attended Pomona College. He first started with a 8mm camera. then he went and studied in Paris. On return he began filming his pieces with his brother James.

Whitney used mechanical animations for some of his pieces as well. he did pieces on guided missle projects and psycadelic pieces. He had 3 children named Michael, Mark and John Jr. They are all filmakers. There is a Whitney film collection that contains all of his works at the Academy of motion picture and arts sciences.