Tom Snyder (born 1949) is an American animator, writer and producer known for the
Squigglevision animation technique. His first success with this method was ''
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist'', starring
Jonathan Katz
Jonathan Paul Katz (born December 1, 1946) is an American actor and comedian best known for his starring role in the animated sitcom '' Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist'' as Dr. Katz. He also is known for voicing Erik Robbins in the UPN/Adult S ...
.
Snyder is a graduate of
Swarthmore College
Swarthmore College ( , ) is a private liberal arts college in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1864, with its first classes held in 1869, Swarthmore is one of the earliest coeducational colleges in the United States. It was established as ...
, and as an educator he was inducted into the
Association of Educational Publishers Hall of Fame.
Association of Educational Publishers Hall of Fame: Tom Snyder
/ref> His educational work includes the series ''Science Court
''Science Court'' (retitled ''Squigglevision'' in 1998) is an educational entertainment, animation/ non-traditional court show from Tom Snyder Productions, which was aired on ABC's Disney's One Saturday Morning block from 1997 to 2000. The cart ...
'' and educational computer software, such as FASTT Math. Since stepping down as chairman of "Tom Snyder Productions" he has worked on music composition and writing.
In 2011, Snyder teamed up again with Jonathan Katz to create an animated web series, ''ExplosionBus.com'' In 2016, he released a new category of audiobook called an AudioMusical. His first AudioMusical is titled ''Is Anyone All Right?'' distributed by Audible.com.
See also
* Soup2Nuts
Soup2Nuts (sometimes referred to as Soup2Nuts Studios, and formerly part of Tom Snyder Productions) was an American animation studio founded by Tom Snyder. The studio is known for its animated comedy series, its use of Squigglevision, a techni ...
(formerly Tom Snyder Productions)
References
External links
Explosion Bus
official web page
Tom Snyder
game credits at MobyGames
MobyGames is a commercial website that catalogs information on video games and the people and companies behind them via crowdsourcing. This includes nearly 300,000 games for hundreds of platforms. The site is supported by banner ads and a small ...
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American animators
American animated film producers
American television producers
Living people
Swarthmore College alumni
Squigglevision
Place of birth missing (living people)
1949 births
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