Bob Richardson is a graduate of California Institute of the Arts (Chouinard), with a degree in animation and film production and a vast amount of experience in the entertainment industry.
After working on many highly acclaimed theatrical cartoons (“Pink Panther,” “Ant and the Aardvark”), TV Specials (“The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat,” “My Mom’s Having a Baby”), as well as TV series (“Planet of the Apes,” “Dungeons & Dragons”), Bob received four consecutive Emmys and other awards Producing and Directing “Jim Henson’s Muppet Babies.” Shortly thereafter, Bob set-up the Marvel Films Animation Studio, Producing/Directing sixty-five half-hour episodes of Fox's top-rated “Spider-Man” series. He Produced and Directed the CGI TV series: “Max Steel” and in 2004, won his fifth Emmy directing the TV series: “Tutenstein.”
Bob made use of this varied experience, including working on features ranging from Disney’s “Jungle Book” to Bakshi’s “Heavy Traffic,” to complete two action-packed super-hero movies for Marvel and Lionsgate (2006): Ultimate Avengers I and II, as the Producer and Supervising Director. Ultimate Avengers I was awarded one of The Cinema Audio Society’s most prestigious awards: Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing (2006). Ultimate Avengers II won the Entertainment Merchants Association’s 2007 “best non-children’s direct-to-DVD” award. Both Avengers I and II were nominated for Golden Reel Awards. Bob also worked on the animated FOX sitcom: “King of the Hill.”
After moving to North Carolina, Bob has become a consultant on animation and produced, directed and animated a PSA to encourage keeping Film Incentives in North Carolina. He has also become an author/illustrator, self-publishing a new book on Amazon and in book stores, such as Barnes & Noble. The book: “The Awesome Adventures Of The Laboratory (Lab) Lizards” is available on Amazon worldwide:
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Bob has published another book - "The Book Beetles In: 'Who's Been Eating Our Books?" and has also been fine-tuning his original screenplay, “Metal-Morphosis,” a post-apocalyptic, sci-fi, future-world saga, as well as developing a number of other projects that he's been creating during his career.
Email: cartoonbiz@carolina.rr.com
Website: http://www.cartoonbiz.net
