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Richard Edmund "Dick" Williams was a Canadian–British animator, voice actor, director, and writer, best known for serving as animation director on Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), for which he won two Academy Awards, and for his unfinished feature film The Thief and the Cobbler (1993). He was also a film title sequence designer and animator. Other works in this field include the title sequences for What's New Pussycat? (1965) and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966) and title and linking sequences in The Charge of the Light Brigade and the intros of the eponymous cartoon feline for two of the later Pink Panther films. In 2002 he published The Animator's Survival Kit, an authoritative manual of animation methods and techniques, which has since been turned into a 16-DVD box set as well as an iOS app. From 2008 he worked as artist in residence at Aardman Animation in Bristol, and in 2015 he received both Oscar and BAFTA nominations in the best animated short category for his short film Prologue.
Birth Name
Richard Edmund Williams
Born
Sunday, 19 March 1933
Died
Friday, 16 August 2019
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Persistence of Vision | Self / Himself | 2012 |
Waking Sleeping Beauty | Self | 2009 |
Behind the Ears: The True Story of Roger Rabbit | Self | 2003 |
E! True Hollywood Story | Himself | 1996 |
The Thief and the Cobbler | Laughing Brigand | 1993 |
Tummy Trouble | Droopy Dog / Droopy Dog (voice) | 1989 |
The 61st Annual Academy Awards | Self - Winner & Special Award Recipient | 1989 |
Who Framed Roger Rabbit | Droopy (voice) / Droopy Dog | 1988 |
Ziggy's Gift | Crooked Santa | 1982 |
The South Bank Show | Director / Self - Animation Producer | 1978 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Persistence of Vision | Self / Himself | 2012 |
Waking Sleeping Beauty | Self | 2009 |
Behind the Ears: The True Story of Roger Rabbit | Self | 2003 |
E! True Hollywood Story | Himself | 1996 |
The Thief and the Cobbler | Laughing Brigand | 1993 |
Tummy Trouble | Droopy Dog / Droopy Dog (voice) | 1989 |
The 61st Annual Academy Awards | Self - Winner & Special Award Recipient | 1989 |
Who Framed Roger Rabbit | Droopy (voice) / Droopy Dog | 1988 |
Ziggy's Gift | Crooked Santa | 1982 |
The South Bank Show | Director / Self - Animation Producer | 1978 |
The Lucy Show | Announcer | 1962 |
Director Filmography
Title | Year |
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Producer Filmography
Title | Year |
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The Thief and the Cobbler | 1993 |
Ziggy's Gift | 1982 |
A Christmas Carol | 1971 |
The Little Island | 1958 |
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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2016 | Oscar | Best Short Film, Animated | Nominated |
1989 | Oscar | Won | |
1989 | Oscar | Best Effects, Visual Effects | Won |
1983 | Emmy | Outstanding Animated Program | Won |
1973 | Oscar | Best Short Subject, Animated Films | Won |