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Ralph Bakshi. Director: Wizards. Ralph Bakshi worked his way up from Brooklyn and became an animation legend. He was born on October 29, 1938, in Haifa, Israel, the son of Mina (Zlotin) and Eliezar Bakshi, and is of Krymchak Jewish descent.
- January 1, 1
- 1.91 m
- Haifa, Palestine [now Israel]
- Director, Animation Department, Writer
3. Coonskin. 1974 1h 40m R. 6.4 (3.8K) Rate. Rabbit, a country-born trickster, takes over the organized crime racket in Harlem, facing opposition from the institutionalized racism of the Mafia and corrupt police. Director Ralph Bakshi Stars Barry White Charles Gordone Scatman Crothers. 4. Wizards.
He is well known for such films as Wizards (1977), The Lord of the Rings (1978), American Pop (1981), and Fire and Ice (1983). In 1987, Bakshi returned to television work, producing the series Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures, which ran for two years.
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- Inkpot Award (2008)
- 1956–2015 (animation), 1953–present (artist)
- Director, producer, animator, cartoonist, writer, actor, painter
1. Fire and Ice (I) Action, Adventure, Family | Announced. Feature adaptation of Frank Frazetta's tale of confrontation between an evil ice lord and a fire kingdom. Director: Robert Rodriguez. 2. Bird of Steel! Animation | Completed.
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- 'American Pop' (1981) After losing his father to a pogrom, Zalmie (Jeffrey Lippa) and his mother immigrate to America. He is drawn to the music industry but is unable to become a singer due to personal tragedy.
- 'Heavy Traffic' (1973) Michael Corleone (Joseph Kaufmann) is a 22-year-old cartoonist born to an Italian Mafioso father and a Jewish mother. Seeing solace from their never-ending attempts to kill one another, he sneaks out to wander the city.
- 'Wizards' (1977) Two million years after a nuclear war, magic has returned to Earth, and with it, mystical creatures such as elves, fairies, and orcs.
- 'Coonskin' (1975) In an Oklahoma prison, two prisoners named Randy (Philip Michael Thomas) and Pappy (Scatman Crothers) wait for Randy's friends to break them out.
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Ralph Bakshi (born October 29, 1938) is an American director of animated and live-action films. In the 1970s, he established an alternative to mainstream animation through independent and adult-oriented productions. Between 1972 and 1992, he directed nine theatrically released feature films, five of which he wrote.
Ralph Bakshi. Highest Rated: 89% Heavy Traffic (1973) Lowest Rated: 4% Cool World (1992) Birthday: Oct 29, 1938. Birthplace: Haifa, Palestine. Ralph Bakshi sent shockwaves through the ...
