Undated: John Whitney's 'Catalog'

A pioneer in computer animation, Whitney had worked with graphic designer Saul Bass to create the title sequence of Alfred Hitchcock's "Vertigo" in 1958. The short film "Catalog" featured a series of visual effects using a computer that Whitney himself had devised.

* Watch "Catalog": @ (Note: The music accompanying this video is from Tod Machover's "Electric Etudes," composed in 1983. The original film used music by jazz great Ornette Coleman.)

* Watch "Vertigo" sequence: @

* Whitney biography site (created by Syracuse University students): @

* "Digital Harmony" (from Animation World Network): @

* Whitney filmography (from www.iotacenter.org): @

* "Cybernetic Cinema and Computer Films" (from the book "Expanded Cinema" by Gene Youngblood): @

* Computer graphic timeline, 1945-2000 (from www.webbox.org): @

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