Gordon Hessler
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That would be Burton's tribute to Ray Harryhausen, the man who brought stop-motion animation to the level of artistry ("Jason and the Argonauts," "The Golden Voyage of Sinbad").
But Harryhausen (who passed away in May) was a hands-on FX artist whose incredible stop-motion creations can be seen in such fantasy staples as Jason and the Argonauts and The Golden Voyage of Sinbad, while Honda (who died in 1993) helped spearhead an entire cottage industry when he wrote and directed 1954's Gojira (aka Godzilla) and subsequently was involved with many of Toho Company's monster mashes.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Directed by Alfonso Cuarón
influenced by The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973)
Visuals
The Dementors, shrouded figures of doom, look exactly like the Ringwraiths from the Lord of the Rings pictures, while a winged creature known as Buckbeak bears a strong resemblance to a couple of Ray Harryhausen concoctions (including the griffin from The Golden Voyage of Sinbad).