John Whitney Sr.
Know for: Directing
Born: 1917-04-08
Place of birth: Pasadena, California, USA.
Also know as:
The Film Art of John Whitney, Sr. (1970)
John Whitney, Sr. one of the early pioneers in films made by computer-driven cameras explains and demonstrates his work. Shot on location at...
Home Movies 1971-81 (1985)
Home movies shot on Super 8mm by W+B Hein over 10 years.
A Personal Search For the Complementarity of Music and Visual Art (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...
Experiments in Motion Graphics (1968)
John H. Whitney Sr. explains the graphic art potential of the computer and the methods and philosophy involved in his computer filmmaking. Preserved...
Abstract Cinema (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...
Mahzel (1970)
(ca.1949, 16mm, b/w, sound, 3min.)
Catalog (1961)
Collection of Computer Graphic effects.
Permutations (1968)
An experimental short film by John Whitney Sr. which combines animated shapes and colors; Computer graphics as dynamic, swirling art. Preserved by...
Arabesque (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....
Five Film Exercises: Film 1 (1943)
Begins with a three beat announcement drawn out in time which thereafter serves as a figure to divide the four sections. Each return of this figure...
Celery Stalks at Midnight (1951)
Early 'visual music' film by John Whitney. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 1999.
Five Film Exercises: Film 2-3 (1944)
Two short fragments resulting from experiments in controlling the mechanical development of the instrument. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in...
The Performing Painter (1955)
Directed by John Whitney.
Five Film Exercises: Film 4 (1944)
The entire film is divided into four consecutive chosen approaches—the fourth section devoted to a reiteration and extension of the original...
Experiments in Motion Graphics (1968)
John H. Whitney Sr. explains the graphic art potential of the computer and the methods and philosophy involved in his computer filmmaking. Preserved...
Experiments in Motion Graphics (1968)
John H. Whitney Sr. explains the graphic art potential of the computer and the methods and philosophy involved in his computer filmmaking. Preserved...
Matrix III (1972)
An abstract computer-generated animation set to music by Terry Riley.
Matrix I (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.
Hex Demo (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...
Five Film Exercises: Film 5 (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...
24 Variations on a Theme (1940)
First film by the Whitney brothers.
Hot House (1952)
Short film by John Whitney. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 1999.
Mozart Rondo (1953)
Short film by John Whitney. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2005.
Moon Drum (1970)
Moon Drum offers an impressionistic evocation of the mood, color and feel of native American art created by computer graphics.
Experiments in Motion Graphics (1968)
John H. Whitney Sr. explains the graphic art potential of the computer and the methods and philosophy involved in his computer filmmaking. Preserved...
Blues Pattern (1956)
A UPA/CBS cartoon film by Ernest Pintoff and John Whitney, music by Shorty Rogers.