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William Moritz (May 6, – March 12, ), film historian, specialized in visual music and experimental animation. His principal published works concerned abstract filmmaker and painter Oskar Fischinger.

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He also wrote extensively on other visual music artists who worked with motion pictures, including James and John Whitney and Jordan Belson; Moritz also published on German cinema, Visual Music, color organs, experimental animation, avant-garde film and the California School of Color Music.

Early life

Moritz was born in Williams, Arizona and raised in California and Arizona.

His father Edward Moritz, a German immigrant, influenced his son's interest in music and literature. In an interview Moritz related the importance of his early experiences with animation:

I saw a lot of animation in movie theatres, while growing up (there was no television then), like Mickey Mouse, Don