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

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Credits; Television Work; Specials
  • Producer and director, The Butter Battle Book, TNT, 1989.
  • Executive producer and director, Hound Town, NBC, 1989.
  • Credits; Television Work; Movies
  • Director, Cool and the Crazy (also known as Rebel Highway), Showtime, 1994.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Writings; Television Movies
  • Cool and the Crazy (also known as Rebel Highway), Showtime, 1994.
  • 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.