Richard Raynis | |
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Born | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | December 27, 1956
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 .
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]
Year | Title | Notes |
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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 |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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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 | — |