Ralph Bakshi

Ralph Bakshi (born October 29, 1938(1938-10-29)) is an American director of animated and live-action films. Bakshi 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 Productions, in 1968. Through producer Steve Krantz, Bakshi made his debut feature film, Fritz the Cat, released in 1972. It was the first animated film to receive an X rating from the Motion Picture Association of America, and the most successful independent animated feature of all time.

Over the next eleven years, Bakshi directed seven additional animated features. He is well known for his fantasy films, which include Wizards (1977), The Lord of the Rings (1978) and Fire and Ice (1983). In 1987, Bakshi returned to television work, producing the series Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures, which ran for two years before it was canceled due to complaints from a conservative political group over perceived drug references. After a nine-year hiatus from feature films, he directed Cool World (1992), which was largely rewritten during production and received poor reviews. Bakshi returned to television with the live-action film Cool and the Crazy (1994) and the anthology series Spicy City (1997).

He founded the Bakshi School of Animation and Cartooning in 2003 and released a hardback book of his art in 2008. He has received several awards for his work, including the 1980 Golden Gryphon for The Lord of the Rings at the Giffoni Film Festival, the 1988 Annie Award for Distinguished Contribution to the Art of Animation, and the 2003 Maverick Tribute Award at the Cinequest Film Festival.

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[SpacemanSchmuck]

but... Bakshi didn't work on Over the Hedge....

[Zevifa]

@SpacemanSchmuck Most of my videos have titles that have almost to nothing to do with the video, or that have a little thing that is related with them. So, yeah, I know Bakshi didn't work on that movie.

Aaaand that's why I'll just plain stop doing this kind of "random" title thing. Apart that I just plain got bored of it and now I find it stupid, your reaction (which is what I've been looking for all this time) just... doesn't seem that satisfactory for me. I guess that only works in traps.

[ThatClassicGreyBox]

This is retarded , yet it's so funny.

[SpacemanSchmuck]

@Zevifa it's ok. I'm a big fan of Bakshi is all.

YouTube poops are sort of meant to confuse, anyway. You should keep doing it if you like it. :)

[Quiverwing]

0:12 and 0:23 were like a metaphor verbing a noun

[emperorIng360]

animal-tastic

[SkyGuy16]

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