Larry Leichliter | |
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Born | Lawrence Leichliter May 24, 1941 (age 83) |
Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley University of California, Los Angeles |
Years active | 1975–present |
Lawrence "Larry" Leichliter is an American animator and director who began his work in animation in 1975 with the made-for-TV Peanuts special You're a Good Sport, Charlie Brown . Throughout his career, he has worked on Peanuts animated television films, but he has also contributed to other successful animated series including Nickelodeon's ChalkZone and The Mighty B! and Cartoon Network's Time Squad , Squirrel Boy , The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack , Sym-Bionic Titan , and Adventure Time .
Leichliter's career in animation began in 1975 when he worked on You're a Good Sport, Charlie Brown . This was followed by numerous other Peanuts specials that he was a crew member of throughout the late 1970s and 1980s. Since then, he has worked on many animated television series, particularly those made for Nickelodeon, which include Hey Arnold! , ChalkZone , SpongeBob SquarePants , CatDog , The Fairly OddParents , The Mighty B! , and Catscratch . Leichliter more recently was a director for the Cartoon Network original series Adventure Time , for which he directed 114 episodes and the original short. Adventure Time also garnered him three Primetime Emmy Award nominations in the category "Outstanding Short-Format Animated Program" in 2010, 2011, and 2012. [1] He is currently directing Bee and PuppyCat for Cartoon Hangover. In 2015, he received a Primetime Emmy Award for his work as animation director on Over the Garden Wall .
Year | Work | Role | Notes |
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1975 | You're a Good Sport, Charlie Brown | Assistant animator | TV short |
1976 | It's Arbor Day, Charlie Brown | Assistant animator | TV short |
1977 | Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown | Animator | Theatrical movie |
It's Your First Kiss, Charlie Brown | Animator | TV short | |
1978 | What a Nightmare, Charlie Brown! | Assistant animator | TV short |
1979 | You're the Greatest, Charlie Brown | Animator | TV short |
1980 | She's a Good Skate, Charlie Brown | Assistant animator | TV short |
Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!!) | Animator | Theatrical movie | |
Life Is a Circus, Charlie Brown | Assistant animator | TV short | |
1981 | It's Magic, Charlie Brown | Assistant animator | TV short |
Someday You'll Find Her, Charlie Brown | Animator | TV short | |
No Man's Valley | Animator | TV short | |
1982 | A Charlie Brown Celebration | Animator | TV movie |
Hey Good Lookin' | Assistant animator | Theatrical movie | |
Here Comes Garfield | Animator | TV short | |
1983 | Is This Goodbye, Charlie Brown? | Animator | TV short |
It's an Adventure, Charlie Brown | Animator | TV movie | |
What Have We Learned, Charlie Brown? | Animator | TV short | |
Garfield on the Town | Animator | TV short | |
1983–85 | The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show | Animator | TV series; 10 episodes |
1984 | It's Flashbeagle, Charlie Brown | Animator | TV short |
1985 | Snoopy's Getting Married, Charlie Brown | Animator | TV short |
The Romance of Betty Boop | Animator | TV movie | |
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown | Animator | TV short | |
1986 | Happy New Year, Charlie Brown! | Animator | TV short |
It's Three Strikes, Charlie Brown | Animator | TV short | |
1987 | Cathy | Animator | TV movie |
1988 | Snoopy: The Musical | Animator | TV movie |
It's the Girl in the Red Truck, Charlie Brown | Graphic blandishment | TV movie | |
Cathy's Last Resort | Animator | TV movie | |
1988–89 | This Is America, Charlie Brown | Animator | TV mini-series; 7 episodes |
1989 | Cathy's Valentine | Animator | TV movie |
1990 | Why, Charlie Brown, Why? | Animator | TV short |
1991 | Snoopy's Reunion | Animator | TV short |
Rock-a-Doodle | Character clean-up artist | Theatrical movie | |
1992 | It's Christmastime Again, Charlie Brown | Graphic blandishment | TV short |
Frosty Returns | Animator | TV short | |
It's Spring Training, Charlie Brown | Animator | TV short | |
1994 | You're in the Super Bowl, Charlie Brown | Supervisor: Taiwan | TV short |
A Troll in Central Park | Character clean-up artist | Theatrical movie | |
Garfield and Friends | Animator (archive footage) | TV series; 1 episode | |
1994–95 | Spider-Man | Animation director | TV series; 3 episodes |
1995 | Aladdin | Character designer | TV series; 1 episode |
1996–98 | Hey Arnold! | Director; animation director; supervising director; sheet timer | TV series; 10 episodes |
1998 | CatDog | Director | TV series; 1 episode |
1999–2007 | SpongeBob SquarePants | Animation director; sheet timer | TV series; 7 episodes |
2001 | The Fairly OddParents | Director | TV series; 4 episodes |
Time Squad | Director; retake supervisor; timing director | TV series; 2 episodes | |
2002 | A Charlie Brown Valentine | Animation supervisor | TV short |
ChalkZone | Supervising director; supervising producer | TV series; 1 episode | |
Charlie Brown's Christmas Tales | Director | TV short | |
Jeffrey Cat: Claw and Order | Director; animation timer | TV short/pilot | |
Baby Looney Tunes | Animation Timing Director | TV series; 5 episodes | |
2003 | Lucy Must Be Traded, Charlie Brown | Director | TV short |
I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown | Director | TV short | |
2004 | Party Wagon | Animatic, animation supervisor | TV movie |
2005 | Danger Rangers | Sheet timing | TV series; 1 episode |
2005–06 | Catscratch | Sheet timer; timing director | TV series; 4 episodes |
2006 | He's a Bully, Charlie Brown | Director; animation supervisor | TV movie |
2007 | Squirrel Boy | Sheet timer | TV series; 1 episode |
2007–08 | Random! Cartoons | Director; sheet timer; lip assignment | TV series; 6 episodes |
2008 | Ni Hao, Kai-Lan | Sheet timing | TV series; 1 episode |
2008–09 | The Mighty B! | Director; supervising timing director; sheet timer | TV series; 40 episodes |
2009–10 | The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack | Sheet timer | TV series; 19 episodes |
2009 | Regular Show - "The Pilot" | Animation director | Web short |
2010–12 | Adventure Time | Director; supervising director | TV series; 114 episodes |
2010–11 | Sym-Bionic Titan | Animation director; sheet timer | TV series; 11 episodes |
2011 | Secret Mountain Fort Awesome | Animation director | TV series; 1 episode |
Thank You | Collaborating director | Short | |
2012–13 | Gravity Falls | Timing director | TV series; 11 episodes |
2013–16 | Bee and PuppyCat | Director | YouTube series; |
2013–15 | Sofia the First | Co-director | TV series |
2016–19 | The Loud House | Sheet timer | TV series |
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