Richard Williams
Directing
Born March 19, 1933 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Died August 16, 2019
Also known as Richard Edmund Williams
Biography
Richard Edmund Williams (March 19, 1933-August 16, 2019) was a Canadian–British animator, voice artist, and writer, best known for serving as animation director on Disney/Amblin's Who Framed Roger Rabbit and for his unfinished feature film The Thief and the Cobbler. He was also a film title sequence designer and animator; his most famous works in this field included the title sequences to 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 (1968). He also animated the eponymous cartoon feline for two of the later Pink Panther films.
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Visual Effects · 1989
- Special Achievement Academy Award · 1989
- Winsor McCay Award · 1984
- Academy Award — Best Animated Short Film · 1973
- BAFTA Award — Best Animated Film · 1959
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- Academy Award — Best Animated Short Film · 2016 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Visual Effects · 1989 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Animated Short Film · 1973 · nominated
Filmography12 titles
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Waking Sleeping Beauty
A Christmas Carol
The Thief and the Cobbler
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
The Return of the Pink Panther
Tummy Trouble
Dick Tracy
The Charge of the Light Brigade
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
What's New Pussycat
Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush