# John Whitney

> John Hales Whitney Sr. was an American animator, composer and inventor, widely considered to be one of the pioneers of computer animation.

*American animator (1917-1995)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/john-whitney

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Movie Director ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999))
- **Category:** Directors
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1917-04-08
- **Died:** 1995-09-22
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 49.3 / 100
- **Momentum:** 6.4 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 6.2 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 45.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 75.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1124970/ (@nm1124970)

## Sources
- [John Whitney, Sr.](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Whitney%2C_Sr.)
- [جون ويتني (مخرج)](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%86%D9%8A_(%D9%85%D8%AE%D8%B1%D8%AC))
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- [John Whitney](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Whitney)
- [جۆن ویتنی](https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%86%D9%86_%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AA%D9%86%DB%8C)
- [John Whitney (animator)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Whitney_(animator))
- [John Whitney](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Whitney)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3182739)

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