Ralph Bakshi

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1938-10-29 (87 years old)

Place of Birth

Haifa, Mandatory Palestine [now Israel]

Ralph Bakshi

Biography

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 Product...

Acting

1981

American Pop

as Piano Player (voice)

1973

Heavy Traffic

as Various Characters (voice) (uncredited)

1997

Malcom and Melvin

as Super Hero

1997

Babe, He Calls Me

as Super Hero

1972

Fritz the Cat

as Narrator / Pig Cop #1 (voice)

1977

Wizards

as Storm Trooper (voice, uncredited)

1977

Wizards

as Fritz (voice, uncredited)

1975

Coonskin

as Cop With Megaphone (voice) (uncredited)

1981

The Cigarette and the Weed

as Cigarette / Weed (voice)

Production

1978

1973

Heavy Traffic

as Director

1973

Heavy Traffic

as Screenplay

1982

Hey Good Lookin'

as Producer

1982

Hey Good Lookin'

as Director

1982

1972

Fritz the Cat

as Screenplay

1972

Fritz the Cat

as Director

1975

Coonskin

as Director

1975

Coonskin

as Writer

1981

American Pop

as Director

1992

Cool World

as Director

1983

Fire and Ice

as Producer

1983

Fire and Ice

as Director

1983

Fire and Ice

as Characters

1977

Wizards

as Director

1977

Wizards

as Writer

1977

Wizards

as Producer

1989

1989

1965

1994

1994

1984

Cannonball Run II

as Animation

1967

Marvin Digs

as Production Design

1967

Mini-Squirts

as Executive Producer

1967

Mini-Squirts

as Character Designer

1967

Mini-Squirts

as Creator

1967

The Fuz

as Director

1967

Fancy Plants

as Director

1967

The Heat's Off

as Director

1966

1961

The Unsung Hero

as Visual Effects

1967

Frozen Sparklers

as Director

2023

Midwest

as Director

2023

Midwest

as Writer

1965

1965

Dress Reversal

as Director

1966

Dr. Ha-Ha

as Director

1967

The Opera Caper

as Director

1967

Mini-Squirts

as Director

1966

Scuba Duba Do

as Director

1967

Mouse Trek

as Director

1997

Babe, He Calls Me

as Animation

1975

Coonskin

as Additional Photography

1975

Coonskin

as Lyricist

1960

House of Hashimoto

as Animation

1960

1988

1997

1997

1997

1997

1989

This Ain't Bebop

as Director

1989

1989

2012

1967

Marvin Digs

as Director

1967

Baron Von Go-Go

as Director

2012

2012

1967

Marvin Digs

as Executive Producer

1989

Hound Town

as Director

1967

Traffic Trouble

as Director

1989

Tribe

as Writer

1974

1967

1981

American Pop

as Producer

1975

1961

1970

The Drifter

as Director

1969

The Frog

as Director

1970

1975

The Junker

as Director

1967

Mr. Winlucky

as Director

1967

Traffic Trouble

as Supervising Animation Director

1967

A Voodoo Spell

as Supervising Animation Director

1967

Bugged By A Bug

as Supervising Animation Director

1967

Give Me Liberty

as Director

1967

Which Is Witch?

as Supervising Animation Director

1967

Dr. Rhinestone's Theory

as Supervising Animation Director

1970

1970

1969

The Stretcher

as Director

1975

The Monsterizer

as Director

1973

1972

The Scarecrow

as Director

1972

The Time Eraser

as Director

1972

The Timekeeper

as Director

1969

The Toy Man

as Director

1962

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