Richard James Rich is an American director, producer, and screenwriter. Rich is founder and owner of
Crest Animation Productions
Crest Animation Productions (formerly RichCrest Animation Studios, Rich Animation Studios and originally Rich Entertainment) was an Indian-American animation studio located in Burbank, California, United States. The studio's most well known work ...
.
Rich started his career in the mailroom of the
Walt Disney Studios in 1972
and would give piano lessons during lunch breaks. He was chosen by
John Lounsbery to be an assistant director for ''
Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too'' based on his musical expertise.
He made his directorial debut on ''
The Fox and the Hound''.
After leaving Disney in 1986, Rich established
Rich Animation Studios
Crest Animation Productions (formerly RichCrest Animation Studios, Rich Animation Studios and originally Rich Entertainment) was an Indian-American animation studio located in Burbank, California, United States. The studio's most well known work ...
, later renamed RichCrest. He directed ''
The Swan Princess'' in 1994 which led up to nine sequels since 2012 about fourteen years later since its
second sequel.
Besides feature films, Rich has produced direct-to-video series such as ''Animated Stories from the New Testament'', ''Animated Stories from the Bible'', ''Animated Stories from the Book of Mormon'', ''Animated Hero Classics'', and ''K10C: Kids' Ten Commandments''.
His more recent credits include acting as producer on the
computer-animated
Computer animation is the process used for digitally generating animations. The more general term computer-generated imagery (CGI) encompasses both static scenes ( still images) and dynamic images (moving images), while computer animation refe ...
comedy drama film ''
Alpha and Omega
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'' and as the director/producer of its sequels.
Filmography
See also
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Don Bluth
References
External links
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Living people
American leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
American film directors
American film producers
American animators
American animated film directors
American animated film producers
Animation screenwriters
Walt Disney Animation Studios people
Latter Day Saints from California
Latter Day Saints from Utah
Year of birth missing (living people)
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