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A prominent artist and animator who got his start training under veterans from [[The Golden Age of Animation]] such as [[
He has done work several projects, most famously ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit?]]'', the Raggedy Ann and Andy film, and his tragic attempt to make "[[What Could Have Been|the greatest animated film]]" called ''[[The Thief and
These days, Richard is now semi-retired, at least from the industry side of animation, although he still takes up personal animation projects and teaches animation via his acclaimed masterclasses.
He has also published an acclaimed book on animation,
No relation to [[Robin Williams]], by the way.
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* [[The Little Island]] (1958)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120828182716/http://www.cartoonbrew.com/classic/a-rare-early-short-by-richard-williams.html Love Me, Love Me, Love Me] (1962)
* [[Raggedy Ann and Andy A Musical Adventure]] (1977)
* [[Who Framed Roger Rabbit?]] (1988)
* [[The Thief and
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* [[Artistic Title]]: Williams did these for several films, including ''[[A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum]]'', the 1974 ''[[Murder
▲* [[Artistic Title]]: Williams did these for several films, including ''[[A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum]]'', the 1974 ''[[Murder On the Orient Express]]'', and two ''[[Pink Panther]]'' films.
* [[Berserk Button]]: The guy is such a perfectionist that if he caught so much as a ''speck of dust'' photographed along with a cel, he would ''chew out the cameraman'' for allowing it to happen.
* [[Deranged Animation]]: Some... nah, ALL of his work is pretty surreal in one way or another.
* [[Doing It for
* [[He Also Did]]: The poster art for ''[[The Graduate]]''.
* [[Money, Dear Boy]]: He did ''Raggedy Ann'' and ''Roger Rabbit'' only because he hoped he could gain funding for his pet project, ''The Thief''.
* [[Prima Donna Director]]: As mentioned already, Richard is the definitive example of a perfectionist, and has such ridiculously high standards of animation, that during the production of ''Thief'', he had a whole revolving door of staff, firing ''hundreds'' of artists throughout it's production--some of them didn't even set foot inside the studio before they were kicked off!
* [[Shown Their Work]]: Richard is a walking encyclopedia of animation techniques from the Golden Age. His book is proof of this.
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