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Something wrong?Richard Edmund Williams was a Canadian and British animator, voice actor, and painter.
A life in dates
2019Died16 August 20192015
PrologueFilm, Director2010
Circus DrawingsFilm, Director2002
The Curious Case of Inspector ClouseauFilm1993
The Thief and the CobblerFilm, Director, Writer1989Academy Award for Best Visual EffectsAwardSpecial Achievement Academy AwardAward1988
I Drew Roger RabbitFilm, Himself1986
Roger Rabbit Screen TestFilm, Director1984Winsor McCay AwardAward1982
Richard Williams and the Thief Who Never Gave UpFilm, Himself1977
Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical AdventureFilm, Director1973Academy Award for Best Animated Short FilmAward1971
A Christmas CarolFilm, Director, Producer1967
The Sailor and the DevilFilm, Director1965
The Dermis ProbeFilm, Director, Writer1962
A Lecture on ManFilm, Director, Writer1959BAFTA Award for Best Animated FilmAward1958
The Little IslandFilm, Director, Writer1933Born19 March 1933
PrologueFilm, Director2010Circus DrawingsFilm, Director2002The Curious Case of Inspector ClouseauFilm1993The Thief and the CobblerFilm, Director, Writer1989Academy Award for Best Visual EffectsAwardSpecial Achievement Academy AwardAward1988I Drew Roger RabbitFilm, Himself1986Roger Rabbit Screen TestFilm, Director1984Winsor McCay AwardAward1982Richard Williams and the Thief Who Never Gave UpFilm, Himself1977Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical AdventureFilm, Director1973Academy Award for Best Animated Short FilmAward1971A Christmas CarolFilm, Director, Producer1967The Sailor and the DevilFilm, Director1965The Dermis ProbeFilm, Director, Writer1962A Lecture on ManFilm, Director, Writer1959BAFTA Award for Best Animated FilmAward1958The Little IslandFilm, Director, Writer1933Born19 March 1933Photos 7
Rembrandt van Rijn - inspiration
Soho Square in 1992. Richard Williams Animation is the green building to the right of the mock Tudor structure.
Williams' drawings for The Charge of the Light Brigade were inspired by contemporary cartoon illustrations
Richard Williams Animation in 1985
Richard Williams at the 100 Club with his band DixSix in 1985
Richard Williams at Aardman Animation in 2015, at work on Prologue.Filmography 26
LYLysistrata
PRPrologue
PVPersistence of Vision
WBWaking Sleeping BeautyCDCircus DrawingsTCThe Curious Case of Inspector ClouseauTCThe Thief and the Cobbler
TTTummy Trouble
ISIt All Started with a Mouse: The Disney Story
WRWho Framed Roger Rabbit
RTRoger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town
SCSomethin's Cookin'IRI Drew Roger RabbitRTRoger Rabbit Screen Test
ZGZiggy's GiftRURichard Williams and the Thief Who Never Gave UpRARaggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical AdventureDTDie Titelmacher
ACA Christmas CarolTDThe Sailor and the DevilTPThe Dermis ProbeTCThe Ever-Changing Motor Car
LMLove Me, Love Me, Love Me.AMA Lecture on ManTIThe Little Island
TWThe Wardrobe63 credits on file
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About this person
Richard Edmund Williams was a Canadian and British animator, voice actor, and painter. A three-time Academy Award winner, he is best known as the animation director of Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) - for which he won two Academy Awards - and as the director of his unfinished feature film The Thief and the Cobbler (1993).
Country
Canada
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1933 to 2019 · aged 86
In common with Richard
Didi ConnAlso in Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure (1977)
Mona MarshallAlso in The Thief and the Cobbler (1993)
Alastair SimAlso in A Christmas Carol (1971)
Rob MinkoffAlso in Tummy Trouble (1989)
David LanderAlso in Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
Mason AdamsAlso in Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure (1977)Fame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.