Directing
Richard Williams
EN, DE cinema · 41 credits
Born
19 March 1933
Died
16 August 2019 (aged 86)
Birthplace
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Also known as Richard Edmund Williams
Richard Edmund Williams (March 19, 1933-August 16, 2019) was a Canadian–British animator, voice artist, and writer, best known for serving as animation director on Disney/Amblin's Who Framed Roger Rabbit and for his unfinished feature film The Thief and the Cobbler. He was also a film title sequence designer and animator; his most famous works in this field included the title sequences to What's New, Pussycat? (1965) and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966) and title and linking sequences in The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968). He also animated the eponymous cartoon feline for two of the later Pink Panther films.
Known for
Filmography
Lysistrata
as Kalonike (voice), Director, Writer
Prologue
Animation, Director
Persistence of Vision
as Himself
Waking Sleeping Beauty
as Self (archive footage)
Circus Drawings
Director, Animation
The Thief and the Cobbler
Director, Animation, Producer, Screenplay, Production Design, Creator
Dick Tracy
Animation Director
Tummy Trouble
as Droopy Dog (voice)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
as Droopy (voice), Animation Director
I Drew Roger Rabbit
as Himself
Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town
as Self – Director of Animation
Somethin's Cookin'
Director
Ziggy's Gift
as Crooked Santa (voice), Director, Producer
Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure
Director, Production Supervisor
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
Opening Title Sequence
The Return of the Pink Panther
Opening Title Sequence
A Christmas Carol
Producer, Director
Every Home Should Have One
Opening Title Sequence
Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?
Opening Title Sequence
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Opening Title Sequence
Sebastian
Opening Title Sequence
Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush
Title Designer
30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!
Title Graphics
Prudence and the Pill
Opening Title Sequence
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Opening Title Sequence
The Spy with a Cold Nose
Title Designer
What's New Pussycat?
Opening Title Sequence
The Liquidator
Opening Title Sequence
The Dermis Probe
Director, Writer
The Apple
Storyboard Artist, Art Designer
Love Me, Love Me, Love Me.
Director, Producer, Animation
A Lecture on Man
Director, Writer
The Little Island
Director, Writer, Animation
The Wardrobe
Director