Ralph Bakshi
Animator, Film director
1938 –
Who is Ralph Bakshi?
Ralph Bakshi is an American director of animated and live-action films. In the 1970s, he established an alternative to mainstream animation through independent and adult-oriented productions. Between 1972 and 1992, he directed nine theatrically released feature films, five of which he wrote. He has been involved in numerous television projects as director, writer, producer and animator.
Beginning his career at the Terrytoons television cartoon studio as a cel polisher, Bakshi was eventually promoted to director. He moved to the animation division of Paramount Pictures in 1967 and started his own studio, Bakshi Productions, in 1968. Through producer Steve Krantz, Bakshi made his debut feature film, Fritz the Cat, released in 1972. It was the first animated film to receive an X rating from the Motion Picture Association of America, and the most successful independent animated feature of all time.
Over the next eleven years, Bakshi directed seven additional animated features. He is well known for such films as Wizards, The Lord of the Rings, American Pop and Fire and Ice.
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- Born
- Oct 29, 1938
Haifa - Also known as
- Bill Schneider
- Spouses
- Liz Bakshi
(1968/08 - ) - Elaine Bakshi
- Elisabeth Bassett Bakshi
- Liz Bakshi
- Children
- Ethnicity
- Israeli American
- Nationality
- Israel
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- High School of Art and Design
- Employment
- Terrytoons
- Famous Studios
(1967 - )
- Lived in
- Brooklyn
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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