Ralph Bakshi
American writer, animator & journalist, born in the British Empire
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RALPH BAKSHI
American animation director, screenwriter, one of the pioneers of "adult" animation. He became famous for his cartoons Fire and Ice and The Lord of the Rings.
He was born on October 29, 1938, in Haifa, Israel.
Less than a year later, his family fled to the United States from the impending Second World War. Ralph graduated from art school and joined the Terrytoons studio, which he took over. Bakshi worked at Paramount Pictures for several years, then created animated series based on the Spider-Man and Mighty Mouse comics.
Bakshi became one of the pioneers of "adult" animation, creating films in the fantasy genre. His debut in this field was a full-length cartoon "Magicians". But the screen adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" and the ensuing "Fire and Ice" with the famous artist Frank Frazetta brought him real fame. This and some of Bakshi's other films have an element of eroticism that was considered defiant for animation, a traditionally "children's" art form, in the 1970s and '80s.
The director often uses rotoscoping in his cartoons
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