FILM DIRECTOR

Richard Williams

1933 - 2019

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Richard Edmund Williams (né Lane; 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 of 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 Cobbler (1993). His work on the short film A Christmas Carol (1971) earned him his first Academy Award. He was also a film title sequence designer and animator. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Williams is the 1,146th most popular film director (down from 1,057th in 2019), the 447th most popular biography from Canada (down from 360th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Canadian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Richard Williams ranks 1,146 out of 2,041. Before him are Hany Abu-Assad, Jon Amiel, Chris Renaud, John Musker, Roman Viktyuk, and Cristina Comencini. After him are Vladimir Naumov, Konstantin Lopushansky, David Ayer, Pete Docter, Benjamin Glazer, and Lorenza Mazzetti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Richard Williams ranks 392. Before him are Henry Darrow, Bill Nieder, Constance Towers, Franco Marini, Nikola Radović, and Donald H. Peterson. After him are Imants Ziedonis, Georges Lamia, Milly Scott, Galina Volchek, Irina Beglyakova, and László Kovács. Among people deceased in 2019, Richard Williams ranks 391. Before him are Stoyanka Mutafova, Fred Bongusto, Shivakumara Swami, Eugène Camara, Lol Mahamat Choua, and Eduard Krieger. After him are Halvard Hanevold, Cecilia Seghizzi, Stefan Angelov, Galina Volchek, Göran Malmqvist, and Jürgen Kissner.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Richard Williams ranks 447 out of 1,622. Before him are Davidson Black (1884), Jacques Parizeau (1930), Kevin Durand (1974), Tamara Taylor (1970), Wilfred Lucas (1871), and Hilda Cameron (1912). After him are Anne Murray (1945), Michel Tremblay (1942), Harry Crerar (1888), Francis Pegahmagabow (1891), Alannah Myles (1958), and Donald Arnold (1935).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Canada

Among film directors born in Canada, Richard Williams ranks 17. Before him are Paul Haggis (1953), Roger Spottiswoode (1945), Allan Dwan (1885), Shawn Levy (1968), Mary Harron (1953), and Jean-Marc Vallée (1963). After him are David Furnish (1962), Michel Brault (1928), Sidney Olcott (1872), Elmer Clifton (1890), Robert Lepage (1957), and Brad Wright (1961).

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