Richard Williams
Directing•Born March 19, 1933•Died August 16, 2019 (age 86)•Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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.
Known For
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1988•Movie•
7.5
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009•Movie•
7.2
Tummy Trouble
1989•Movie•
6.7
Ziggy's Gift
1982•Movie•
6.3
Persistence of Vision
2012•Movie•
8.0
The Curious Case of Inspector Clouseau
2002•Movie•
7.0
It All Started with a Mouse: The Disney Story
1989•Movie
Richard Williams and the Thief Who Never Gave Up
1982•Movie•
8.0
Filmography
Personal Info
DepartmentDirecting
BirthdayMarch 19, 1933
Day of DeathAugust 16, 2019
Place of BirthToronto, Ontario, Canada
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