Mark Risley

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Mark Risley
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Occupation(s)Producer, director, writer, storyboard artist, animator, casting and voice director
Years active 1990 to present

Mark Risley is an American writer, animator, storyboard artist, producer and director specializing in children's television. He is best-known for his work on Rugrats , The Wild Thornberrys , The Mr. Men Show , Space Racers , and Yo-kai Watch .

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Career

Risley began his career as an animator on several television programs including Attack of the Killer Tomatoes , Gladiators 2000 and the CBS Prime-time special The Magic Paintbrush . Later he worked in the story department on the Kids' Choice Awards winning film The Rugrats Movie, then moved on to produce and direct Rugrats , The Wild Thornberrys (1998), Rocket Power (1999), and As Told by Ginger (2000–2004) for Nickelodeon and Klasky Csupo.

After directing selected sequences of the theatrical feature, The Wild Thornberrys Movie (2002) Risley went to DreamWorks Animation where he directed Father of the Pride for NBC television.

His credits also include Nickelodeon's Tak & the Power of Juju , Cartoon Network's The Mr. Men Show , Disney's Pixie Hollow Games , NFL Rush Zone , PBS Kids' Space Racers (which won the 2015 American Public Television award for Excellence in Broadcasting) and the anime television series Yo-kai Watch .

He is currently directing the film Fairest of Them All for Rokit Pictures.

Awards and nominations

Daytime Emmy Awards

Emmy Awards

American Public Television Award

People's Choice Awards

Genesis Awards

Annecy Awards

Banff Rockie Awards

American Public Television Excellence in Broadcasting

Cynopsis Award

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