Richard Raynis Explained

Birth Date:27 December 1956
Birth Place:Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Alma Mater:University of California, Los Angeles (BA)
Occupation:Television producer, developer, director, animator

Richard Raynis (born December 27, 1956) is an American animator and television producer. He is a six-time Primetime Emmy Award winner for his work as one of the main producers of The Simpsons. He is also known for co-creating several Adelaide Productions series such as Extreme Ghostbusters, , , , and .

Career

Raynis was born in 1956 in Los Angeles, and began his career in animation at the age of 21 on Ralph Bakshi's The Lord of the Rings (1978), working as a background illustrator. In 1982, he graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles with a degree in English literature.[1] [2] [3] Raynis worked on several shows created by DIC Entertainment in the mid-1980s. He served as a writer and director on and ALF Tales, and directed numerous episodes of The Real Ghostbusters. In addition, he was an executive on shows such as The New Adventures of Beany and Cecil and Dennis the Menace.[4] [5] Raynis is known as one of the main producers of The Simpsons, for which he has won six Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Animated Program.[6] He began working on the show during its third season while at Film Roman, where he also worked as a producer on the shows King of the Hill, The Critic, and Futurama.[7]

At Adelaide Productions, Raynis worked on various animated series in the 1990s and 2000s. He was an executive producer of Jumanji, which ran from 1996 to 1999.[7] Raynis co-created Extreme Ghostbusters (1997) and (1998–2000) with Jeff Kline,[8] [9] and (1997–2001), (1999–2000), and Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot (1999–2001) with Kline and Duane Capizzi.[10] He was also a producer on Dilbert, Max Steel, Jackie Chan Adventures, and Dragon Tales.[11] [12]

In film, Raynis was a supervising producer of The Simpsons Movie and the shorts The Longest Daycare and Playdate with Destiny. He also produced animation segments for the film The Edge of Seventeen along with David Silverman and various Simpsons staff.[13] [14]

Filmography

Television

Film

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Lord of the Rings - Village Pan Production Background Setup .
  2. Web site: Richard Raynis - The Catalyst Agency . Catalyst Literature . 7 January 2021.
  3. Book: John Kricfalusi. The Art of Spumco and John Kricfalusi. 2017. 978-0-8109-9583-3. 103.
  4. Book: Thad Komorowski. Sick Little Monkeys: The Unauthorized Ren & Stimpy Story. BearManor Media. 40–. GGKEY:68A4TEBJDLA.
  5. Book: The Hollywood Reporter. December 1993. Wilkerson Daily Corporation.
  6. Book: Emmy. 2001. Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
  7. Book: David Perlmutter. The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. 4 May 2018. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. 978-1-5381-0374-6. 165–.
  8. Book: Claudia Schwabe. Craving Supernatural Creatures: German Fairy-Tale Figures in American Pop Culture. 3 June 2019. Wayne State University Press. 978-0-8143-4197-1. 262–.
  9. Web site: Everything You Didn't Know About Godzilla: The Series . Syfy.
  10. Book: TV Guide. 1997. Triangle Publications.
  11. Book: The Hollywood Reporter. 2001. Wilkerson Daily Corporation.
  12. Book: David Perlmutter. The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. 4 May 2018. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. 978-1-5381-0374-6. 383–.
  13. Web site: Richard Raynis . BFI . 7 January 2021.
  14. Web site: The Edge of Seventeen . . 7 January 2021.
  15. Book: David Perlmutter. The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. 4 May 2018. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. 978-1-5381-0374-6. 136.

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