Robert Mandell is an American

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and film writer, director and producer. Mandell headed New Frontier Productions/New Frontier Entertainment and Red Sky Entertainment. He is now the head of the company Voyager. Robert Mandell is best known as the creator, producer and co-writer of the 1986–1987 animated series '' The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers'' (the "Collection1" edition of ''Galaxy Rangers'' features a 14-minute video interview with Mandell about his career as well as an audio commentary track). Later he created the 1995–1996 animated series ''

Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders ''Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders'', known outside of North America as ''Starla & the Jewel Riders'' and sometimes spelled as the more traditionally Arthurian "Guinevere", is an American fantasy animated television series aimed at the p ...

'' and wrote or co-wrote and directed its episodes. He was also a writer and executive producer for the American version of '' Thunderbirds 2086'' (in association with Barry Gray) and an executive producer for ''

The King and I ''The King and I'' is the fifth musical by the team of Rodgers and Hammerstein. It is based on Margaret Landon's novel '' Anna and the King of Siam'' (1944), which is in turn derived from the memoirs of Anna Leonowens, governess to the childr ...

'' and the '' Ace Ventura, Pet Detective'' animated TV series, among other credits. As of 2011, Mandell has been the Chief Creative Officer and CEO of the company Red Sky Entertainment (a subsidiary of Blue Wave Entertainment), whose properties include ''Galaxy Rangers'', ''Heavy Metal Pulp'' (a series of illustrated novels published by Tor in cooperation with '' Heavy Metal'' magazine) and the '' Avalon: Web of Magic'' novel series. Projects included producing a TV series based on

Larry Niven Laurence van Cott Niven (; born April 30, 1938) is an American science fiction writer. His 1970 novel ''Ringworld'' won the Hugo Award for Best Novel, Hugo, Locus Award, Locus, Ditmar Award, Ditmar, and Nebula Award for Best Novel, Nebula award ...

's novel ''

Ringworld ''Ringworld'' is a 1970 science fiction novel by Larry Niven, set in his Known Space universe and considered a classic of science fiction literature. ''Ringworld'' tells the story of Louis Wu and his companions on a mission to the Ringworld, an ...

,'' as well as a two-volume manga adaptation based on

, a film adaptation of the ''Avalon'' book series, and a re-imagined live action TV series based on the ''Galaxy Rangers''.

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