The Ray Harryhausen Awards

The Ray Harryhausen Awards The Ray and Diana Harryhausen Foundation (Charity no. Submissions from January 1st 2022.

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๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐…๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐€๐ง๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง in the 2024 Ray Harryhausen Awards was presented to A Bear Named Wojtek (Director: Iain Gardne...
09/11/2025

๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐…๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐€๐ง๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง in the 2024 Ray Harryhausen Awards was presented to A Bear Named Wojtek (Director: Iain Gardner). Many thanks to Iain for sending over this photo of his award sitting proudly beneath artwork from this wonderful film!

https://abearnamedwojtek.squarespace.com

'Displaced by the Second World War, a troop of Polish soldiers find an inseparable bond through an orphaned bear they name Wojtek.
A BEAR NAMED WOJTEK tells the fantastic journey of an orphaned Syrian brown bear who was adopted by Polish soldiers during World War II, becoming a beacon of hope and an emblem of their fate.'

Celebrating the winner of ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‡๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒ๐ก๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ 2024- The Primevals, directed by legendary filmmaker David All...
04/11/2025

Celebrating the winner of ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‡๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒ๐ก๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ 2024- The Primevals, directed by legendary filmmaker David Allen. We were delighted to present the filmโ€™s award to Chris Endicott, who oversaw the filmโ€™s completion following Allenโ€™s sad passing in 1999. Presented to Chris by Ray Harryhausenโ€™s daughter Vanessa at The Mini Time Machine Museum of Miniatures. Donโ€™t miss out on seeing this incredible film!

https://www.fullmoonhorror.com/products/the-primevals-ultimate-collectors-edition?

โ€˜Deep in the Himalayas, a group of Sherpas subdue and kill a towering humanoid creature. Its remains - including a brain that appears to have undergone some kind of surgery - wind up under the supervision of Dr. Claire Collier (Juliet Mills, BEYOND THE DOOR), who believes it to be one of the legendary Yeti. Joined by her former student Matt Connor (Richard Joseph Paul), a longtime believer in the creaturesโ€™ existence, big- game hunter Rondo Montana (Leon Russom, THE BIG LEBOWSKI), and others, Dr. Collier leads an expedition into the mountains to track down more of the abominable snowmen. Their trek results in an encounter with a tribe of primitive hominids - which in turn leads to the far more frightening discovery of beings they never could have expected or imagined.

Stop motion FX wizard David (BATTERIES NOT INCLUDED, PUPPET MASTER) Allenโ€™s long-planned passion project was shelved in the 1990โ€™s after Allen passed away from cancer. Finally completed in 2023 by Full Moon and former Allen associate Chris Endicott (AVENGERS: ENDGAME), THE PRIMEVALS is the ultimate retro-fantasy adventure, employing a wild array of arresting, 100% hand-rendered, stop-motion special effects and a rich orchestral score from composer Richard Band.

THE PRIMEVALS lives!โ€™

We were delighted to present director of 'The Inventor', Jim Capobianco, with his Harryhausen Award for 'Best Feature Fi...
02/11/2025

We were delighted to present director of 'The Inventor', Jim Capobianco, with his Harryhausen Award for 'Best Feature Film Animation'.

Jim collected his award at the opening reception for 'Ray Harryhausen: Miniature Models of the Silver Screen' at The Mini Time Machine Museum of Miniatures last month. Check out 'The Inventor' through the link below!

https://www.theinventorfilm.com

'The insatiably curious and headstrong inventor/artist Leonardo da Vinci (Fry) leaves Italy to join the French court where he can freely experiment, invent flying contraptions and incredible machines, and study the human body. Joined in his adventure by the audacious Princess Marguerite (Ridley), Leonardo attempts to uncover the answer to the ultimate question: โ€œWhat is the meaning of life?โ€

30/06/2024

The winners of The Ray Harryhausen Awards 2024 have been announced.

๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐…๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐€๐ง๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: Seaglass (Director- Cheryl Blake).

https://filmfreeway.com/Seaglass467

'Struggling in the fog of grief, Fern embarks on a journey gradually rediscovering the light that can be found amongst the darkness following bereavement.

With a background in music education and performing as a drummer and flautist, Cheryl turned to animation during the lockdown and quickly discovered a passion for animation.

Gravitating towards stop motion animation, she studied with Aardman Academy before undertaking an MA in Animation at University of Salford, Manchester. Using the year to research the use of different materials in stop motion animation, she became particularly drawn to abstract animation on the multiplane.

Seaglass is her MA short film, taking on the role of Director/Animator.'

The winners of The Ray Harryhausen Awards 2024 have been announced:๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ง'๐ฌ ๐…๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐€๐ง๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง- Joint winners 'Heroic...
29/06/2024

The winners of The Ray Harryhausen Awards 2024 have been announced:

๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ง'๐ฌ ๐…๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐€๐ง๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง- Joint winners 'Heroic Quest' (Benjamin Holmes) and 'Sandra v/s Vivora' (Lisa Holmes).

Our first joint winners see two fantastic stop-motion films from a brother and sister animation team!

'A mighty Knight is going on a quest to kill a cyclops'

'Sandra, and her trusty sidekick, the hamster Timmy, are faced with the challenge of saving the world from a deadly giant snake'

The winners of The Ray Harryhausen Awards 2024 have been announced.๐“๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‡๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒ๐ก๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐: The Primevals (Dire...
29/06/2024

The winners of The Ray Harryhausen Awards 2024 have been announced.

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‡๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒ๐ก๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐: The Primevals (Director- David Allen)

https://www.fullmoonhorror.com/products/the-primevals-ultimate-collectors-edition

'Deep in the Himalayas, a group of Sherpas subdue and kill a towering humanoid creature. Its remains - including a brain that appears to have undergone some kind of surgery - wind up under the supervision of Dr. Claire Collier (Juliet Mills, BEYOND THE DOOR), who believes it to be one of the legendary Yeti. Joined by her former student Matt Connor (Richard Joseph Paul), a longtime believer in the creatures' existence, big- game hunter Rondo Montana (Leon Russom, THE BIG LEBOWSKI), and others, Dr. Collier leads an expedition into the mountains to track down more of the abominable snowmen. Their trek results in an encounter with a tribe of primitive hominids - which in turn leads to the far more frightening discovery of beings they never could have expected or imagined.

Stop motion FX wizard David (BATTERIES NOT INCLUDED, PUPPET MASTER) Allen's long-planned passion project was shelved in the 1990's after Allen passed away from cancer. Finally completed in 2023 by Full Moon and former Allen associate Chris Endicott (AVENGERS: ENDGAME), THE PRIMEVALS is the ultimate retro-fantasy adventure, employing a wild array of arresting, 100% hand-rendered, stop-motion special effects and a rich orchestral score from composer Richard Band.

THE PRIMEVALS lives!'

The winners of The Ray Harryhausen Awards 2024 have been announced:๐‡๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒ๐ก๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง ๐‡๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐…๐š๐ฆ๐ž: Bridget Applebyhttps://www....
29/06/2024

The winners of The Ray Harryhausen Awards 2024 have been announced:

๐‡๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒ๐ก๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง ๐‡๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐…๐š๐ฆ๐ž: Bridget Appleby

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0032343/

'Bridget Appleby worked for Cosgrove Hall Films for over 30 years as a
designer and Art Director. Bridgetโ€™s designs for Cosgrove Hall and beyond demonstrate some of the creative ingenuity of the stop motion design process.
Bridget Appleby met founders Brian Cosgrove and Mark Hall whilst working alongside them at Granada Television. When Brian and Mark established their first company Stop Frame Films Bridget joined them, learning about animation on the job.

During her career at Cosgrove Hall Bridget earned herself a BAFTA for directing and art directing a stop motion adaption of The Reluctant Dragon. She designed characters for model animation including The Pied Piper of Hamelin, before becoming Art Director where she was responsible for bringing together the characters, concept and worlds for stop motion animations such as Oakie Doke and Brambly Hedge. Bridget brought Brambly Hedge to life using a
โ€˜decoupageโ€™ method; layering watercolour drawings onto props that retained the authenticity of the original watercolour illustrations from Jill Barklemโ€™s book.

Building cohesive worlds like this is crucial to establishing a series, and a useful tool infor creating marketable childrenโ€™s television. Bridgetโ€™s style can be seen across Cosgrove Hall productions such as Andy Pandy, Bill and Ben the Flowerpot Men for the BBC, Engie Benjy and Fifi and the Flowertots. After working at Cosgrove Hall, Bridget went on to art direct shows such as Cloudbabies, designing everything from the characters, world and props. She continues to work in the industry today.'

The winners of the Ray Harryhausen Awards 2024 have been announced. ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐…๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐…๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐€๐ง๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง goes to The Inventor (Di...
29/06/2024

The winners of the Ray Harryhausen Awards 2024 have been announced.

๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐…๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐…๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐€๐ง๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง goes to The Inventor (Director- Jim Capobianco)

https://www.theinventorfilm.com

'The insatiably curious and headstrong inventor/artist Leonardo da Vinci (Fry) leaves Italy to join the French court where he can freely experiment, invent flying contraptions and incredible machines, and study the human body. Joined in his adventure by the audacious Princess Marguerite (Ridley), Leonardo attempts to uncover the answer to the ultimate question: โ€œWhat is the meaning of life?โ€

The winners of The Ray Harryhausen Awards 2024 have been announced....๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐…๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐€๐ง๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง goes to 'A Bear Named Wo...
29/06/2024

The winners of The Ray Harryhausen Awards 2024 have been announced....

๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐…๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐€๐ง๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง goes to 'A Bear Named Wojtek' (Director: Iain Gardner)

https://abearnamedwojtek.squarespace.com

'Displaced by the Second World War, a troop of Polish soldiers find an inseparable bond through an orphaned bear they name Wojtek.

A BEAR NAMED WOJTEK tells the fantastic journey of an orphaned Syrian brown bear who was adopted by Polish soldiers during World War II, becoming a beacon of hope and an emblem of their fate.'

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