Ralph Bakshi
Nascimento : 1938-10-29, Haifa, British Mandate for Palestine (now Israel
História
Ralph Bakshi (born October 29, 1938) is an American director of animated and live-action films. In the 1970s, he established an alternative to mainstream animation through independent and adult-oriented productions. Between 1972 and 1992, he directed nine theatrically released feature films, five of which he wrote. He has been involved in numerous television projects as director, writer, producer and animator.
Beginning his career at the Terrytoons television cartoon studio as a cel polisher, Bakshi was eventually promoted to director. He moved to the animation division of Paramount Pictures in 1967 and started his own studio, Bakshi Productions, in 1968. Through producer Steve Krantz, Bakshi made his debut feature film, Fritz the Cat, released in 1972. It was the first animated film to receive an X rating from the Motion Picture Association of America, and the most successful independent animated feature of all time.
Over the next eleven years, Bakshi directed seven additional animated features. He is well known for his fantasy films, which include Wizards (1977), The Lord of the Rings (1978) and Fire and Ice (1983). In 1987, Bakshi returned to television work, producing the series Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures, which ran for two years before it was canceled due to complaints from a conservative political group over perceived drug references. After a nine-year hiatus from feature films, he directed Cool World (1992), which was largely rewritten during production and received poor reviews. Bakshi returned to television with the live-action film Cool and the Crazy (1994) and the anthology series Spicy City (1997).
He founded the Bakshi School of Animation and Cartooning in 2003. During the 2000s, he has focused largely on painting. He has received several awards for his work, including the 1980 Golden Gryphon for The Lord of the Rings at the Giffoni Film Festival, the 1988 Annie Award for Distinguished Contribution to the Art of Animation, and the 2003 Maverick Tribute Award at the Cinequest Film Festival.
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Producer
In the cheap glitter and glow of a fading Coney Island a group of characters live out their sordid, strange lives trying to get somewhere fast - any way they can. Desperately trying to love and be loved. These cops, call girls, mafia hoods, transvestites, fortune-tellers, clowns, and freaks are all intertwined, heading on a crazy roller coaster ride into a black hole they think is life. All of these characters are totally removed from the 60s America that, at the same time, is violently changing its values, fast. It is how hard they try, with the deck stacked against them, that we root for them in amazement. The film is done in funny hand drawn animation which makes their story even more amazing to watch. We invite you to enjoy the show.
Writer
In the cheap glitter and glow of a fading Coney Island a group of characters live out their sordid, strange lives trying to get somewhere fast - any way they can. Desperately trying to love and be loved. These cops, call girls, mafia hoods, transvestites, fortune-tellers, clowns, and freaks are all intertwined, heading on a crazy roller coaster ride into a black hole they think is life. All of these characters are totally removed from the 60s America that, at the same time, is violently changing its values, fast. It is how hard they try, with the deck stacked against them, that we root for them in amazement. The film is done in funny hand drawn animation which makes their story even more amazing to watch. We invite you to enjoy the show.
Director
In the cheap glitter and glow of a fading Coney Island a group of characters live out their sordid, strange lives trying to get somewhere fast - any way they can. Desperately trying to love and be loved. These cops, call girls, mafia hoods, transvestites, fortune-tellers, clowns, and freaks are all intertwined, heading on a crazy roller coaster ride into a black hole they think is life. All of these characters are totally removed from the 60s America that, at the same time, is violently changing its values, fast. It is how hard they try, with the deck stacked against them, that we root for them in amazement. The film is done in funny hand drawn animation which makes their story even more amazing to watch. We invite you to enjoy the show.
Producer
An animated parody of trickle down economics
Writer
An animated parody of trickle down economics
Director
An animated parody of trickle down economics
Self
A deep look at how Ralph Bakshi made his version of Lord of the Rings (1978). With Ralph Bakshi, Victoria Bakshi-Yudis, Chris Conkling, Timothy Galfas, Scott Kleinman, & Tom Tataranowicz.
Himself
A documentary on the life of painter Frank Frazetta, who revolutionized science fiction, fantasy and comic art with breathtaking realistic paintings of fantastic heroes, most famously Conan the Barbarian.
Animation
Melvin's saga continues as his partnership with Malcom is compromised by an urban superhero's intrusion. Meanwhile, Melvin's mother aids a criminal after being unable to meet with her son.
Writer
Melvin's saga continues as his partnership with Malcom is compromised by an urban superhero's intrusion. Meanwhile, Melvin's mother aids a criminal after being unable to meet with her son.
Director
Melvin's saga continues as his partnership with Malcom is compromised by an urban superhero's intrusion. Meanwhile, Melvin's mother aids a criminal after being unable to meet with her son.
Super Hero
Melvin's saga continues as his partnership with Malcom is compromised by an urban superhero's intrusion. Meanwhile, Melvin's mother aids a criminal after being unable to meet with her son.
Super Hero
Melvin is an alienated loser until he meets Malcom, a trumpeter cockroach who has a huge talent.
Writer
Melvin is an alienated loser until he meets Malcom, a trumpeter cockroach who has a huge talent.
Director
Melvin is an alienated loser until he meets Malcom, a trumpeter cockroach who has a huge talent.
Writer
É um drama forte e intenso, muito bem dirigido, que nos trás os problemas enfrentados pela gravidez e casamentos prematuros de jovens despreparados e uma estrutura para a vida cheia de compromissos e proibições. O casamento e a maternidade exigem mais do que os jovens estão dispostos a conceder. As alternativas parecem impossíveis dentro da rotina diária, e a irresponsabilidade combinada com a traição conjugal parece à válvula de escape disponível. Mas quando o amor é mais forte, e um dos dois está determinado a conquistar uma vida melhor e não se importa de assumir riscos, todas as dificuldades podem ser corajosamente superadas.
Director
É um drama forte e intenso, muito bem dirigido, que nos trás os problemas enfrentados pela gravidez e casamentos prematuros de jovens despreparados e uma estrutura para a vida cheia de compromissos e proibições. O casamento e a maternidade exigem mais do que os jovens estão dispostos a conceder. As alternativas parecem impossíveis dentro da rotina diária, e a irresponsabilidade combinada com a traição conjugal parece à válvula de escape disponível. Mas quando o amor é mais forte, e um dos dois está determinado a conquistar uma vida melhor e não se importa de assumir riscos, todas as dificuldades podem ser corajosamente superadas.
Director
Depois de um incidente bizarro, Frank é transportado para um universo animado, o Cool World. Lá, por vários anos, ele é o único humano entre vários personagens animados. Um dia, o cartunista Jack também entra para o Cool World e lança seus olhares devassos em sua própria criação, a beldade loura Holli, que quer se tornar humana. A interação excessiva entre personagens de desenho animado e humanos pode resultar em consequências desastrosas, um risco que Jack parece estar disposto a correr.
Director
An anthology film consisting of four shorts with the central theme being life in the United States.
Producer
The Zooks and the Yooks are at war over the butter and bread - on which side should one spread?
Director
The Zooks and the Yooks are at war over the butter and bread - on which side should one spread?
Director
The misadventures of a small mutt named Rusty and his human family and canine friends.
Writer
This Ain't Bebop is Ralph Bakshi's first live action short, starring Harvey Keitel and featuring Ron Thompson as the beatnik poet and Rick Singer as Jackson Pollock.
Director
This Ain't Bebop is Ralph Bakshi's first live action short, starring Harvey Keitel and featuring Ron Thompson as the beatnik poet and Rick Singer as Jackson Pollock.
Characters
Christmas in Tattertown is a 1988 television special created and directed by Ralph Bakshi about a place where everything discarded in the world came alive. It aired on the cable television network Nickelodeon.
Director
Christmas in Tattertown is a 1988 television special created and directed by Ralph Bakshi about a place where everything discarded in the world came alive. It aired on the cable television network Nickelodeon.
Animation
Um milionário sheik árabe organiza um rali para que seu filho tenha a chance de se recuperar de um recente fracasso. Os competidores vão partir da Califórnia rumo a Connecticut, sendo que o prêmio é de 1 milhão de dólares para o primeiro colocado. Isso é mais do que suficiente para atrair competidores de toda ordem que, interessados no dinheiro, são capazes de qualquer loucura.
Producer
O mundo está em guerra. Lord Nekron, o poderoso senhor do Reino do Gelo, quer transformar o planeta em uma enorme geleira. Mas sua tarefa não será fácil. Depois de raptar a bela Teegra, filha do Rei Jarot, líder do Refúgio do Sol, Nekron terá que eliminar dois valentes guerreiros: Larn e o Lobo Negro, que valem por um exército. Do diretor e roteirista das séries Homem-Aranha, Hulk, Capitão América e Homem de Aço.
Characters
O mundo está em guerra. Lord Nekron, o poderoso senhor do Reino do Gelo, quer transformar o planeta em uma enorme geleira. Mas sua tarefa não será fácil. Depois de raptar a bela Teegra, filha do Rei Jarot, líder do Refúgio do Sol, Nekron terá que eliminar dois valentes guerreiros: Larn e o Lobo Negro, que valem por um exército. Do diretor e roteirista das séries Homem-Aranha, Hulk, Capitão América e Homem de Aço.
Director
O mundo está em guerra. Lord Nekron, o poderoso senhor do Reino do Gelo, quer transformar o planeta em uma enorme geleira. Mas sua tarefa não será fácil. Depois de raptar a bela Teegra, filha do Rei Jarot, líder do Refúgio do Sol, Nekron terá que eliminar dois valentes guerreiros: Larn e o Lobo Negro, que valem por um exército. Do diretor e roteirista das séries Homem-Aranha, Hulk, Capitão América e Homem de Aço.
Producer
An outrageous, affectionate look at coming of age in the Eisenhower era in Brooklyn.
Writer
An outrageous, affectionate look at coming of age in the Eisenhower era in Brooklyn.
Director
An outrageous, affectionate look at coming of age in the Eisenhower era in Brooklyn.
Animation
The Cigarette and the Weed tells the story of a weed growing on a street corner, and a discarded cigarette butt that rolls up to the weed. The two converse before the cigarette rolls into a puddle and is extinguished.
Director
The Cigarette and the Weed tells the story of a weed growing on a street corner, and a discarded cigarette butt that rolls up to the weed. The two converse before the cigarette rolls into a puddle and is extinguished.
Writer
The Cigarette and the Weed tells the story of a weed growing on a street corner, and a discarded cigarette butt that rolls up to the weed. The two converse before the cigarette rolls into a puddle and is extinguished.
Director
No filme online American Pop, O diretor colocou quatro gerações de músicos (cada período no seu contexto histórico e social) enquanto cada um procura a fama com a mudança das eras musicais. Começando no começo do século, depois os movimentos do jazz, a música-popular, os anos 60 e o punk, através dos arranjos de Lee Holdridge, numa produção de Martin Rondshoff – um dos mais famosos produtores independentes de Hollywood.
Director
Na terra pacífica do Condado, um Hobbit chamado Frodo Bolseiro recebe do seu tio um Anel mágico, capaz de decidir o futuro da Terra-Média. Assim Frodo terá de embarcar numa jornada épica para destruir o Anel, antes que o senhor do escuro Sauron possa recuperar-la.
Storm Trooper (voice, uncredited)
After the death of his mother, the evil mutant wizard Blackwolf discovers some long-lost military technologies. Full of ego and ambition, Blackwolf claims his mother's throne, assembles an army and sets out to brainwash and conquer Earth. Meanwhile, Blackwolf's gentle twin brother, the bearded and sage Avatar, calls upon his own magical abilities to foil Blackwolf's plans for world domination -- even if it means destroying his own flesh and blood.
Fritz (voice, uncredited)
After the death of his mother, the evil mutant wizard Blackwolf discovers some long-lost military technologies. Full of ego and ambition, Blackwolf claims his mother's throne, assembles an army and sets out to brainwash and conquer Earth. Meanwhile, Blackwolf's gentle twin brother, the bearded and sage Avatar, calls upon his own magical abilities to foil Blackwolf's plans for world domination -- even if it means destroying his own flesh and blood.
Producer
After the death of his mother, the evil mutant wizard Blackwolf discovers some long-lost military technologies. Full of ego and ambition, Blackwolf claims his mother's throne, assembles an army and sets out to brainwash and conquer Earth. Meanwhile, Blackwolf's gentle twin brother, the bearded and sage Avatar, calls upon his own magical abilities to foil Blackwolf's plans for world domination -- even if it means destroying his own flesh and blood.
Writer
After the death of his mother, the evil mutant wizard Blackwolf discovers some long-lost military technologies. Full of ego and ambition, Blackwolf claims his mother's throne, assembles an army and sets out to brainwash and conquer Earth. Meanwhile, Blackwolf's gentle twin brother, the bearded and sage Avatar, calls upon his own magical abilities to foil Blackwolf's plans for world domination -- even if it means destroying his own flesh and blood.
Director
After the death of his mother, the evil mutant wizard Blackwolf discovers some long-lost military technologies. Full of ego and ambition, Blackwolf claims his mother's throne, assembles an army and sets out to brainwash and conquer Earth. Meanwhile, Blackwolf's gentle twin brother, the bearded and sage Avatar, calls upon his own magical abilities to foil Blackwolf's plans for world domination -- even if it means destroying his own flesh and blood.
Cop With Megaphone (voice)
Brother Rabbit, Brother Bear, and Preacher Fox rise to the top of the crime ranks in Harlem by going up against a con-man, a racist cop, and the Mafia.
Writer
Brother Rabbit, Brother Bear, and Preacher Fox rise to the top of the crime ranks in Harlem by going up against a con-man, a racist cop, and the Mafia.
Director
Brother Rabbit, Brother Bear, and Preacher Fox rise to the top of the crime ranks in Harlem by going up against a con-man, a racist cop, and the Mafia.
Screenplay
An "underground" cartoonist contends with life in the inner city, where various unsavory characters serve as inspiration for his artwork.
Director
An "underground" cartoonist contends with life in the inner city, where various unsavory characters serve as inspiration for his artwork.
Narrator / Pig Cop #1 (voice)
Um gato estudante universitário hipócrita cheio de ginga faz o diabo em uma visão satírica de vários elementos em 1960.
Screenplay
Um gato estudante universitário hipócrita cheio de ginga faz o diabo em uma visão satírica de vários elementos em 1960.
Director
Um gato estudante universitário hipócrita cheio de ginga faz o diabo em uma visão satírica de vários elementos em 1960.
Director
King (1929-68), the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, set an example of non-violence and led the civil rights movement advocating justice for all classes and races.
Director
Another adventure of James Hound, secret agent extrodinaire.
Director
A cat is made General of an alien planet's army and put in charge of hunting a giant mouse.
Director
Mini-Squirts (1967) shows two kids (a boy and a girl) playing house, only to take the roles of husband and wife in a movie/soap-opera fashion, complete with organ music and overly-dramatic dialogues.
Director
a Terrytoons Cartoon
Director
An inept superhero tries to stop a tiny hairball that has been scaring various New Yorkers.
Executive Producer
Marvin, a teenage ball of fur, gets the idea to paint the entire city in groovy, psychedelic colors.
Director
Marvin, a teenage ball of fur, gets the idea to paint the entire city in groovy, psychedelic colors.
Director
James is a secret agent who is incredibly clumsy. Yet, no matter how many mistakes he makes in his efforts to capture the bad guy, he winds up bagging the criminal
Director
In this one, the spy hound is trying to prevent a traffic jam of various remote-controlled cars.
Director
Two inept crooks have hilarious misadventures as they try to kidnap a opera singer.
Director
It's the heat of summer, but the whole town is freezing up. It's up to James Hound to find out why.
Director
The cat's been assigned by brothers Fenimore and Latimore to clean the chimney. There, Sad finds a treasure map.
Director
James is a secret agent who is incredibly clumsy. Yet, no matter how many mistakes he makes in his efforts to capture the bad guy, he winds up bagging the criminal.
Director
A Terrytoons Cartoon
Director
This series followed the exploits of Sad Cat, a scraggly looking cat, and his friends.
Director
A combination of the stories of "Cinderella" with "Jack and the Beanstalk," in which Sad Cat beats his two "dear, mean brothers" up the giant beanstalk. Sad Cat's two brothers poke fun at him for being so dumb. He goes into the business of selling magic beans.
Animation
Gadmouse attempts to make a happy ending for a cat stuck being abused by his brothers.
Director
Gadmouse attempts to make a happy ending for a cat stuck being abused by his brothers.
Visual Effects
A CinemaScope Terrytoon released in May 1961
