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John Whitney Sr.

Director · 24 credits · 3 in highly-rated films

Best known for Matrix III (1972)

Frequent collaborators: James Whitney

Directed movies (20 total, ranked by score)

  1. Matrix III

    1972 · ★ 7.3 (7 votes)

    Animation

    1

  2. Matrix

    1971 · ★ 7.3 (3 votes)

    Animation

    2

  3. Five Film Exercises: Film 5

    1944

    Animation

    3

  4. Arabesque

    1975 · ★ 8.0 (6 votes)

    Animation

    4

  5. Catalog

    1961 · ★ 6.5 (4 votes)

    Animation

    5

  6. Celery Stalks at Midnight

    1951 · ★ 5.2 (4 votes)

    Animation, Music

    6

  7. Five Film Exercises: Film 1

    1943 · ★ 4.8 (10 votes)

    Animation

    7

  8. Five Film Exercises: Film 4

    1944 · ★ 4.6 (8 votes)

    Animation

    8

  9. Five Film Exercises: Film 2-3

    1944 · ★ 4.5 (11 votes)

    Animation

    9

  10. Permutations

    1968 · ★ 6.0 (19 votes)

    Documentary, Animation

    10

  11. The Performing Painter

    1955 · ★ 4.0 (1 votes)

    Animation

    11

  12. Osaka 1-2-3

    1970

    12

  13. Hex Demo

    1973

    13

  14. Mozart Rondo

    1953

    14

  15. 24 Variations on a Theme

    1940

    Animation

    15

  16. Hot House

    1952

    Animation

    16

  17. Moon Drum

    1991

    17

  18. Blues Pattern

    1956

    Animation

    18

  19. Mahzel

    1949

    Animation

    19

  20. Experiments in Motion Graphics

    1968

    Documentary

    20

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 30, 2026.