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Ralph Bakshi
Ralph Bakshi is an American animator and filmmaker, known for his fantastical animated films. In the 1970s, he established an alternative to mainstream animation through independent and adult-oriented productions. Between 1972 and 1994, he directed nine theatrically released feature films, predominantly urban dramas and fantasy films, five of which he wrote. He has also been involved in numerous t…
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culture · American animator and filmmaker (born 1938) · film director · screenwriter · film producer · painter · actor · writer · animator · journalist · voice actor · television producer · also Ralph Bakshi, Faxsi, Bakshi, Ralph, Bakshi
Born 29 October 1938 · Q315441
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2026· 4 entries
“The illusion I attempted to create was that of a completely live-action film. Making it work almost drove us crazy.”
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Public attention spiked: 3,300 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.1× the usual 1,056, with 0 article edits.
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Yahoo: Ralph Bakshi's Lord Of The Rings Has A Live-Action Version You'll Never See
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2023· 1 entry
bleedingcool: Ralph Bakshi & Frank Frazetta's Fire And Ice, From Comic To Board
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2021· 1 entry
Ralph Bakshi won the Animafest Zagreb Lifetime Achievement Award for his animation career and the impact of his films
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2015· 1 entry
There was a screening of Heavy Traffic and American Pop with Bakshi, Ron Thompson and Mews Small attending
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2014· 3 entries
Cartoon Brew: Interview: Ralph Bakshi on the Animation Industry, Then & Now
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IndieWire: Watch: Gandalf Fights The Balrog In Deleted Clips From Ralph Bakshi’s ‘Lord Of The Rings’
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At The Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, there was a special screening of Bakshi's film American Pop with actors Ron Thompson and Mews Small in attendance, it was the first time lead actor Ron Thompson had ever introduced t
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2013· 1 entry
Cartoon Brew: Ralph Bakshi’s “Christmas in Tattertown”: 25 Years Later
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2012· 1 entry
Bakshi began producing the short film series Bakshi Blues
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2009· 1 entry
Bakshi said he was very poor and the walls of his apartment building were constantly repainted
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2008· 1 entry
Awarded Inkpot Award (2008).
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2003· 4 entries
Bakshi received a Maverick Tribute Award at the Cinequest San Jose Film Festival; the same year he began teaching an animation class in New Mexico—this became The Bakshi School of Animation and Cartooning, which is run b
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Co-founded the Bakshi School of Animation with his son Eddie and Jess Gorell
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Over at Spümcø, but nothing came from this either
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Appeared as the Fire Chief in the episode "Fire Dogs 2" of John Kricfalusi's Ren & Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon"; the episode starts as a repeat of the plot of the original episode, only to quickly drop it just under a
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2001· 1 entry
Did some paintings for the Cameron Crowe film Vanilla Sky
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2000· 1 entry
Began teaching an undergraduate animation class at New York's School of Visual Arts
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1995· 1 entry
Hanna-Barbera producer Fred Seibert offered Bakshi the chance to create two animated short films for Cartoon Network's What a Cartoon
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1990· 1 entry
Bakshi pitched Cool World to Paramount Pictures as a partially animated horror film
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1988· 3 entries
Awarded Winsor McCay Award (1988).
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Donald Wildmon, head of the American Family Association (AFA), alleged that "The Littlest Tramp" depicted cocaine use, instigating a media frenzy
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Bakshi received an Annie Award for "Distinguished Contribution to the Art of Animation"
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1987· 1 entry
Bakshi returned to television work, producing the series Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures, which ran for two years
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1985· 1 entry
Received a phone call from The Rolling Stones' manager, Tony King, who told Bakshi that the band had recorded a cover of Bob & Earl's "Harlem Shuffle", and wanted Bakshi to direct the music video
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1983· 1 entry
Was set to direct a film adaptation of the Robert E
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1982· 1 entry
And was released in Los Angeles in January 1983
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1976· 1 entry
Bakshi pitched War Wizards to 20th Century Fox
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1973· 2 entries
Bakshi and Ruddy began the production of Harlem Nights, which Paramount was originally contracted to distribute
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“I was sick of all the hero worship these guys got because of The Godfather.”
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1969· 1 entry
Ralph's Spot was founded as a division of Bakshi Productions to produce commercials for Coca-Cola and Max, the 2000-Year-Old Mouse, a series of educational shorts paid for by Encyclopædia Britannica
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1967· 2 entries
And started his own studio, Bakshi Productions, in 1968
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Drew up presentation pieces for a fantasy series called Tee-Witt, with help from Anzilotti, Johnnie Zago, and Bill Foucht
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1966· 1 entry
Bill Weiss asked Bakshi to help him carry presentation boards to Manhattan for a meeting with CBS
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1965· 1 entry
Bakshi did not have creative control over The Mighty Heroes, and he was unhappy with the quality of the animation, writing, timing, and voice acting
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1959· 1 entry
Moved his desk to join the rest of the animators; after asking Rasinski for material to animate, he received layouts of two scenes: a hat floating on water and a running Deputy Dawg, the lead character of a Terrytoons
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1957· 1 entry
Studied at High School of Art and Design (1957).
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1939· 1 entry
His family migrated to the United States
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1938· 2 entries
In Haifa, Mandatory Palestine, to a Krymchak Jewish family
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Born 1938-10-29.
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