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Richard Edmund Williams (March 19, 1933 – August 16, 2019) was a Canadian-British animator, voice actor, and painter. A three-time Academy Award winner, he is best known as the animation director on Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) -- for which he won two Academy Awards -- and as the director of his unfinished feature film The Thief and the ...
- Canadian, British
- 6; including Alexander
- 1957–2019
- Northern Secondary School
Possibly the high point of his career was as animation director on Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), for which Williams won two Academy Awards: one for Best Visual Effects and the other for animation direction and (CGI) creation of cartoon characters.
- Animation Department, Director, Writer
- March 19, 1933
- 3 min
- August 16, 2019
Aug 17, 2019 · LONDON (AP) — Richard Williams, a Canadian-British animator whose work on the bouncing cartoon bunny in “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” helped blur the boundaries between the animated world and our own, has died. He was 86 years old.
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Aug 17, 2019 · Richard Williams, the three-time Oscar- and BAFTA-winning animator famed for his work on Who Framed Roger Rabbit, has died. He was 86.
Aug 20, 2019 · The two Oscars awarded to the film animator Richard Williams, who has died aged 86, for his work on Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) marked a fitting recognition of his mastery of his craft.
Aug 20, 2019 · Legendary animator Richard Williams died Friday, August 16, 2019, at the age of 86. He’s probably best known for being the animation director on 1988’s Who Framed Roger Rabbit; that film won...
Aug 18, 2019 · Richard Williams, a groundbreaking animation director who won two Academy Awards for “Who Framed Roger Rabbit,” died on Friday at his home in Bristol, England. He was 86. His death was...
