Richard Raynis

Richard Raynis
Born	(1956-12-27) December 27, 1956 (age 68) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Alma mater	University of California, Los Angeles (BA)
Occupation(s)	Television producer, developer, director, animator

Richard Raynis (born December 27, 1956) is an American animator and television producer. He is a six-time Primetime Emmy Award winner for his work as one of the main producers of The Simpsons . He is also known for co-creating several Adelaide Productions series such as Extreme Ghostbusters , Men in Black: The Series , Godzilla: The Series , Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles , and Heavy Gear: The Animated Series .

Career

Raynis was born in 1956 in Los Angeles, and began his career in animation at the age of 21 on Ralph Bakshi's The Lord of the Rings (1978), working as a background illustrator. In 1982, he graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles with a degree in English literature. ^{[1] [2] [3]} Raynis worked on several shows created by DIC Entertainment in the mid-1980s. He served as a writer and director on ALF: The Animated Series and ALF Tales , and directed numerous episodes of The Real Ghostbusters . In addition, he was an executive on shows such as The New Adventures of Beany and Cecil and Dennis the Menace . ^{[4] [5]} Raynis is known as one of the main producers of The Simpsons , for which he has won six Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Animated Program. ^[6] He began working on the show during its third season while at Film Roman, where he also worked as a producer on the shows King of the Hill , The Critic , and Futurama . ^[7]

At Adelaide Productions, Raynis worked on various animated series in the 1990s and 2000s. He was an executive producer of Jumanji , which ran from 1996 to 1999. ^[7] Raynis co-created Extreme Ghostbusters (1997) and Godzilla: The Series (1998–2000) with Jeff Kline, ^{[8] [9]} and Men in Black: The Series (1997–2001), Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles (1999–2000), and Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot (1999–2001) with Kline and Duane Capizzi. ^[10] He was also a producer on Dilbert , Max Steel , Jackie Chan Adventures , and Dragon Tales . ^{[11] [12]}

In film, Raynis was a supervising producer of The Simpsons Movie and the shorts The Longest Daycare and Playdate with Destiny . He also produced animation segments for the film The Edge of Seventeen along with David Silverman and various Simpsons staff. ^{[13] [14]}

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Notes
1985	Kidd Video	Director; season 2
1986–87	The Real Ghostbusters	Producer, director
1987–88	ALF: The Animated Series	Writer and director; season 1, producer
1987	Starcom: The U.S. Space Force	Producer
1988–89	ALF Tales	Producer, director
1988	COPS	Producer [15]
1988	The New Adventures of Beany and Cecil	Production executive
1988	Dennis the Menace	Production executive
1989	Ring Raiders	Producer
1989–present	The Simpsons	Producer
1994–2001	The Critic	Producer
1995	The Nanny	Producer; Oy to the World
1996–99	Jumanji	Executive producer
1996	Project G.e.e.K.e.R.	Supervising producer
1997	Extreme Ghostbusters	Developer, executive producer
1997–2001	Men in Black: The Series	Developer, executive producer
1997–2002	King of the Hill	Producer; seasons 1-3, consulting producer; season 4
1997–98	Channel Umptee-3	Executive producer for Columbia TriStar Television
1998–2000	Godzilla: The Series	Developer, executive producer
1999–2000	Dilbert	Supervising producer
1999–2002	Futurama	Consulting producer; seasons 1-4
1999–2000	Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles	Developer, executive producer
1999–2001	Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot	Developer, executive producer
1999–2005	Dragon Tales	Producer
2000–2002	Max Steel	Executive producer
2000	Sammy	Executive producer
2000–2001	Jackie Chan Adventures	executive producer; season 1
2001–2002	Heavy Gear: The Animated Series	Developer, executive producer

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1978	The Lord of the Rings	—	background illustrator (uncredited)
1989	Little Golden Book Land	—	producer
1998	Storybook Friends - A Little Christmas Magic	—	Short film supervising director and producer
2007	The Simpsons Movie	—	Supervising producer
2012	The Longest Daycare	—	Short film Writer and producer
2016	The Edge of Seventeen	—	animation producer
2020	Playdate with Destiny	—	Short film Writer and producer
2021	The Force Awakens from Its Nap	—	Short film Producer
	The Good, the Bart, and the Loki	—
	The Simpsons| Balenciaga	—
	Plusaversary	—
2022	When Billie Met Lisa	—
	Welcome to the Club	—
	The Simpsons Meet the Bocellis in "Feliz Navidad"	—
2023	Rogue Not Quite One	—
2024	May the 12th Be with You	—
	The Most Wonderful Time of the Year	—

References

1. "The Lord of the Rings - Village Pan Production Background Setup".
2. "Richard Raynis - The Catalyst Agency". Catalyst Literature. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
3. John Kricfalusi (2017). The Art of Spumco and John Kricfalusi. p. 103. ISBN   978-0-8109-9583-3.
4. Thad Komorowski. Sick Little Monkeys: The Unauthorized Ren & Stimpy Story. BearManor Media. pp. 40–. GGKEY:68A4TEBJDLA.
5. The Hollywood Reporter. Wilkerson Daily Corporation. December 1993.
6. Emmy. Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. 2001.
7. David Perlmutter (4 May 2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. pp. 165–. ISBN   978-1-5381-0374-6.
8. Claudia Schwabe (3 June 2019). Craving Supernatural Creatures: German Fairy-Tale Figures in American Pop Culture. Wayne State University Press. pp. 262–. ISBN   978-0-8143-4197-1.
9. "Everything You Didn't Know About Godzilla: The Series". Syfy .
10. TV Guide. Triangle Publications. 1997.
11. The Hollywood Reporter. Wilkerson Daily Corporation. 2001.
12. David Perlmutter (4 May 2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. pp. 383–. ISBN   978-1-5381-0374-6.
13. "Richard Raynis". BFI. Retrieved 7 January 2021.^{[ dead link ‍]}
14. "The Edge of Seventeen". Turner Classic Movies . Retrieved 7 January 2021.
15. David Perlmutter (4 May 2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 136. ISBN   978-1-5381-0374-6.

External links

• Richard Raynis at IMDb