[[John Whitney (animator)|John Whitney, Sr.]] (1917–1995) was an American animator, composer and inventor, widely considered to be one of the fathers of computer animation.<ref>[http://www.siggraph.org/artdesign/profile/whitney/whitney.html SIGGRAPH Whitney Profile page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120416170517/http://www.siggraph.org/artdesign/profile/whitney/whitney.html |date=April 16, 2012 }} (retrieved April 20, 2012)</ref> In the 1940s and 1950s, he and his brother James created a series of experimental films made with a custom-built device based on old anti-aircraft analog computers ([[Kerrison Predictor]]s) connected by [[servos]] to control the motion of lights and lit objects – the first example of [[motion control photography]]. One of Whitney's best known works from this early period was the animated title sequence from [[Alfred Hitchcock]]'s 1958 film ''[[Vertigo (film)|Vertigo]]'',<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=C-GeAgAAQBAJ&dq=%22tormented+inner+landscape%22+Jules+Lissajous+hollywood&pg=PT110 Alex Through the Looking-Glass: How Life Reflects Numbers and Numbers Reflect Life]</ref> which he collaborated on with graphic designer [[Saul Bass]]. In 1960, Whitney established his company Motion Graphics Inc, which largely focused on producing titles for film and television, while continuing further experimental works. In 1968, his pioneering motion control model photography was used on [[Stanley Kubrick]]'s film ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey (film)|2001: A Space Odyssey]]'', and also for the [[slit-scan photography]] technique used in the film's "Star Gate" finale.
