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Ralph Bakshi

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Ralph Bakshi

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American animator and filmmaker

Person · Open Library

Born
1938
Works
3

Top works

  • Ralph Bakshi's the Mighty Heroes Declassified
  • Hero-A-Go-Go
  • The Animated Art of Ralph Bakshi

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Film & TV

Directing · Haifa, Mandatory Palestine [now Israel]

Ralph Bakshi (born October 29, 1938) is a Palestinian-born American animator and filmmaker. 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…

Known for

  • Midwest2023
  • Adventures in Plymptoons! — Self2011
  • Forging Through the Darkness: The Ralph Bakshi Vision for 'The Lord of the Rings' — Himself2010
  • Breaking the Mold: The Re-Making of Mighty Mouse — Self2010
  • Frazetta: Painting with Fire — Self2003
  • Malcom and Melvin — Super Hero1997
  • Babe, He Calls Me — Super Hero1997
  • Spicy City — Connelly / Goldblum (voice)1997
  • Spicy City — Stevie (voice)1997
  • American Pop — Piano Player (voice)1981

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
India
Active from
1930-07-21
Active to
2002-03-30
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DiscogsStream

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
213
Total plays
371

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Academic profile · OpenAlex

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Works
4
Cited by
13

Research areas

ArtComputer graphics (images)Computer scienceLiteratureRadiology

Most cited works

  • Beyond Pigs and Bunnies: The New Animator's Art2016 · 13 cit
  • The filmbook of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings : over 130 pictures from the Fantasy Films presentation of The Lord of the Rings part one, with a text based on the film script1979 · 0 cit
  • Fritz the cat : film1971 · 0 cit
  • Heavy traffic : film1973 · 0 cit

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. QUANTUM ESPRESSO: a modular and open-source software project for quantum simulations of materials

    · 2009 · cited 22,967x

  2. Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome

    · 2001 · cited 18,616x

  3. The value of the world's ecosystem services and natural capital

    · 1997 · cited 16,325x

  4. Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    · 2020 · cited 15,961x

  5. Dendritic cells and the control of immunity

    · 1998 · cited 10,892x

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Quotes

  • “Sweetheart, I'm the biggest ripped-off cartoonist in the history of the world, and that's all I'm going to say.”
  • “Did I have a responsibility to discuss issues? Absolutely. Bobby Dylan was discussing issues – Disney wasn’t.”
  • “Wizards was about the creation of the state of Israel and the Holocaust, about the Jews looking for a homeland, and about the fact that fascism was on the rise again, I thought. That was way before the Right Wing made their appearance again, and I felt that things were shifting back. So on that level, Wizards was a very personal film.”

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Key facts

Born
( 1938-10-29 ) October 29, 1938 (age 87) , Haifa , Mandatory Palestine
Occupations
Animator filmmaker painter
Years active
1956–2015 (animation) , 1953 –present (artist)
Notable work
Fritz the Cat Heavy Traffic Coonskin Wizards The Lord of the Rings American Pop Hey Good Lookin' Fire and Ice Cool World Spicy City
Style
Adult animation Comedy drama Fantasy Urban fiction Black comedy
Spouses
Elaine Bakshi Elisabeth Bassett "Liz" Bakshi
Relatives
Miles Bakshi (grandson), Gina Shay (daughter-in-law)
Awards
Inkpot Award (2008)
Website
ralphbakshi .com

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Described at

SFE: Encyclopedia of Fantasy (1997) – Bakshi, Ralph

Welcome to the fourth edition of The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction.

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(1938- ) Palestinian-born US animator and director of Animated Movies . He first came to notice – indeed, to notoriety – with Fritz the Cat ( 1972 ), adapted from the Comics of Robert H Crumb (1943- ). His first movie of fantasy interest was Wizards ( 1977 ), a tale of Magic and of the conflict between Good and Evil two million years after a world Holocaust . This movie also saw Bakshi pioneering the technique of rotoscoping, whereby scenes are shot in live action and then traced to produce the animated result. Rotoscoping does not, however, impose greater realism; its somewhat uncanny effect is not easy to describe. Rotoscoping featured also in his next movie, The Lord of the Rings ( 1978 ), based on the J R R Tolkien cycle: although the venture was commendably ambitious, the movie was a disappointing mishmash, crippled by lack of funds at crucial stages. Some nonfantasy work followed, and then Fire and Ice ( 1983 ) saw him return to the fantasy genre. In 1987-1989 his Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures was screened on US Saturday-morning tv. It was with Cool World ( 1992 ) that he achieved his most distinguished fantasy movie to date: mixing live action with animation (see Toons ), this is a sophisticated exploration of Alternate Realities , one subjective (and created) and the other objective, and of the interplay between the two. It is often adversely compared with the more polished Who Framed Roger Rabbit ( 1988 ), yet Cool World shows the better grasp of fantasy. Bakshi's career has been patchy, including some very bad movies, but at his best he has probably been animation's single most important contributor to the genre. [JG]

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Encyclopedic overview

Ralph Bakshi (born October 29, 1938) is an American animator and filmmaker, known for his fantastical animated films. In the 1970s, he established an alternative to mainstream animation through independent and adult-oriented productions. Between 1972 and 1994, he directed nine theatrically released feature films, predominantly urban dramas and fantasy films, five of which he wrote. He has also 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 animator and then 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 based on the comic strip by Robert Crumb, was the first animated film to receive an X rating from the Motion Picture Association of America, and remains the most successful independent animated feature of all time.

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