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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Klaus Badelt to Christophe Beck
Ralph Bakshi Biography (1938-)
Born October 26, 1938, in Haifa, Palestine (now Israel); married, second wife's name, Elizabeth; children: (first marriage) Mark; (second marriage) Preston, Victoria, Eddie. Addresses: Agent--Gang, Tyre & Brown, Inc., 132 South Rodeo Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Birth Details
- October 26, 1938
- Haifa, Palestine
Famous Works
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Credits; Film Work; Director, Except Where Indicated
- Fritz the Cat (animated), Cinemation Industries, 1972.
- Heavy Traffic (animated), American International, 1973.
- Coonskin (animated), Bryanston, 1975; and producer, Wizards (animated), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1977.
- Lord of the Rings (animated), United Artists, 1978; and producer, American Pop (animated), Columbia, 1981; and producer, Hey, Good Lookin' (animated),Warner Bros., 1982; and producer (with Frank Frazetta), Fire and Ice (animated), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1983.
- Animator, Cannonball Run II, Warner Bros., 1984.
- Cool World (animated), Paramount, 1992.
- Director of If I Catch Her, I'll Kill Her, Warner Bros.
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Credits; Television Work; Series
- Director (with others), Casper and Friends (animated), syndicated, 1963.
- Producer and supervising director, The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse (animated), CBS, beginning in 1987.
- Creator, producer, and supervising director, Tattertown, syndicated, beginning in 1988.
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Credits; Television Work; Specials
- Producer and director, The Butter Battle Book, TNT, 1989.
- Executive producer and director, Hound Town, NBC, 1989.
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Credits; Television Work; Movies
- Director, Cool and the Crazy (also known as Rebel Highway), Showtime, 1994.
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Credits; Television Work; Episodic
- Director (with Matt Mahurin, Mustapha Khan, and Ed Lachman), "Imagining America" (documentary; also known as "This Ain't Bebop," "Tribe," "Reflectionsof a Native Son," and "Get Your Kicks on Route 66"), American Playhouse, PBS, 1989.
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Writings;Animated Films
- Fritz the Cat, Cinemation Industries, 1972.
- Heavy Traffic, American International, 1973.
- Coonskin, Bryanston, 1975.
- Wizards, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1977.
- Hey, Good Lookin', Warner Bros., 1982.
- (With Mark Victor, Michael Grais, and Larry Gross) Cool World (based on astory by Bakshi and Frank Mancuso, Jr.), Paramount, 1992.
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Writings; Television Movies
- Cool and the Crazy (also known as Rebel Highway), Showtime, 1994.
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Writings; Television Episodes
- "Imagining America" (documentary; also known as "This Ain't Bebop," "Tribe," "Reflections of a Native Son," and "Get Your Kicks on Route 66"), American Playhouse, PBS, 1989.
Further Reference
Periodicals:
- People Weekly, December 7, 1987.
- Rolling Stone, September 22, 1988, p. 40.
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