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Charles Grosvenor (born June 2, 1952) is an American film director.
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Charles Grosvenor (born June 2, 1952) is an American film director.
Originally from Hillsdale, New Jersey, he moved to Los Angeles in 1978 to work in the animation industry, at a time when most of the work was still being done in the US. His first job was for Hanna-Barbera, as a model designer on The Buford Files . He soon joined the layout department and quickly advanced to crew chief, and ultimately to head of layout, thereby having a hand in every Hanna-Barbera show that was produced in those years, including Richie Rich and The Smurfs .
With Yogi's Treasure Hunt , Grosvenor made the move to directing. His success at that effort led to more directing assignments, including some of the first long form (an hour or more) animated shows, beginning with The Good, the Bad, and Huckleberry Hound . He graduated to feature film directing with Hanna-Barbera's Once Upon a Forest . [1] [2] [3] [4]
When Hanna-Barbera was absorbed by Warner Bros., Grosvenor moved to MGM, where he directed yet another incarnation of The Pink Panther as well as an animated feature based on Babes in Toyland . In 1997, he joined Universal Cartoon Studios (later renamed Universal Animation Studios), taking over the highly successful The Land Before Time direct-to-video series, [1] beginning with The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island . As of 2006 he has produced and directed an additional seven sequels ( The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire , The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze , The Land Before Time IX: Journey to Big Water , The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration , The Land Before Time XI: Invasion of the Tinysauruses , and The Land Before Time XII: The Great Day of the Flyers ), in addition to overseeing 26 half-hours of a television series based on the movies. While critical reception of the series has varied (many of the first sequels received lukewarm to negative reviews, while the latter sequels received more positive reviews), the series has gained a loyal fanbase.
| Year | Title | Notes | |||
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| 1978-1979 | Godzilla | layout artist | |||
| 1980 | The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show | layout artist/character designer | |||
| 1981-1986 | The Smurfs | layout artist/story director/associate producer | |||
| 1981 | The Kwicky Koala Show | layout artist | |||
| 1982 | Pac-Man | layout artist | |||
| 1983 | The Dukes | layout supervisor | |||
| The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show | layout supervisor | ||||
| 1985 | The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo | layout supervisor | |||
| Galtar and the Golden Lance | layout supervisor | ||||
| The Jetsons | layout supervisor | ||||
| Snorks | layout supervisor | ||||
| 1985-1986 | Paw Paws | layout supervisor | |||
| 1987 | Yogi's Treasure Hunt | producer (season 3) | |||
| Popeye and Son | story director/key layout artist/producer | ||||
| 1989 | Fantastic Max | storyboard artist/producer | |||
| The Further Adventures of SuperTed | storyboard artist/producer | ||||
| 1994 | Animaniacs | storyboard artist | |||
| Beavis and Butt-Head | storyboard artist | ||||
| 1995 | The Pink Panther | director/producer | |||
| 1998 | Mad Jack the Pirate | storyboard artist/layout designer | |||
| 2000 | Capertown Cops | storyboard artist | 2005 | Krypto the Superdog | storyboard artist |
| 2006-2008 | Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue! | storyboard artist | |||
| 2007-2008 | The Land Before Time | producer | |||
| 2009 | Curious George | storyboard artist | |||
| Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps | storyboard artist | ||||
| The Secret Saturdays | storyboard artist | ||||
| 2010-2011 | Bob the Builder | storyboard artist | |||
| 2012-2013 | Peter Rabbit | storyboards | |||
| 2012–2020 | Doc McStuffins | storyboard artist | |||
| 2013 | Henry Hugglemonster | storyboard artist |
| Year | Title | Notes |
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| 1993 | Once Upon a Forest | director |
| 1997 | Babes in Toyland | director |
| The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island | director/producer | |
| 1998 | The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock | director/producer |
| 2000 | The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire | director/producer |
| 2001 | The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze | director/producer |
| 2002 | The Land Before Time IX: Journey to Big Water | director/producer |
| 2003 | The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration | director/producer |
| 2005 | The Land Before Time XI: Invasion of the Tinysauruses | director/producer |
| 2006 | The Land Before Time XII: The Great Day of the Flyers | director/producer |
| 2007 | The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends | producer |
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