Richard Starzak
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1959-01-01 (66 years old)
Place of Birth
Suffolk, England, UK
Also known As
Richard Goleszowski
Richard 'Golly' Goleszowski
Richard 'Golly' Golieszowski
Richard Starzack
Richard Starzak
Biography
Richard Starzak, previously known as Richard "Golly" Goleszowski, is an English animator. Starzak was born in Suffolk in 1959 and grew up in Ipswich, attending Northgate Grammar School. After completing a degree in Fine Art at Exeter College of Art and Design specialising in animation, he experimented further with animation and DJ-ing before joining Aardman Animations in 1983 as its first employee. During his first nine-year stretch at Aardman he worked on several short films and promos including "Morph", "Sledgehammer" for Peter Gabriel, Pee-Wee's Playhouse in New York, his own film Ident (1989), which introduced the character Rex, and two...
Acting
2015
as Self - Creative Director of 'Shaun the Sheep'
Production
1996
as Director
1999
as Director
1999
as Director
2015
as Writer
2003
2010
2010
as Director
2010
as Creator
2010
as Creative Director
2012
as Creator
2012
as Creative Director
1996
2015
as Director
2015
as Writer
2008
as Creative Consultant
1990
as Thanks
2019
as Executive Producer
2020
as Characters
1991
as Director
1991
as Writer
1990
as Director
1991
as Director
1991
as Writer
1987
as Director
1990
as Writer
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