Richard Raynis (born December 27, 1956) is an American animator and television producer. He is a six-time Primetime Emmy Award winner for his work as one of the main producers of The Simpsons. He is also known for co-creating several Adelaide Productions series such as Extreme Ghostbusters, , , , and .
Career
Raynis was born in 1956 in
Los Angeles, and began his career in animation at the age of 21 on
Ralph Bakshi's
The Lord of the Rings (1978), working as a background illustrator. In 1982, he graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles with a degree in English literature.
Raynis worked on several shows created by DIC Entertainment in the mid-1980s. He served as a writer and director on
and
ALF Tales, and directed numerous episodes of
The Real Ghostbusters. In addition, he was an executive on shows such as
The New Adventures of Beany and Cecil and
Dennis the Menace.
Raynis is known as one of the main producers of
The Simpsons, for which he has won six Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Animated Program.
He began working on the show during its third season while at
Film Roman, where he also worked as a producer on the shows
King of the Hill,
The Critic, and
Futurama.
At Adelaide Productions, Raynis worked on various animated series in the 1990s and 2000s. He was an executive producer of Jumanji, which ran from 1996 to 1999.
In film, Raynis was a supervising producer of The Simpsons Movie and the shorts The Longest Daycare and Playdate with Destiny. He also produced animation segments for the film The Edge of Seventeen along with David Silverman and various Simpsons staff.
Filmography
Television
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| Director; season 2 |
| Producer, director |
| Writer and director; season 1, producer |
| Producer |
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Producer |
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| Producer; Oy to the World |
| Executive producer |
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| Developer, executive producer |
| Developer, executive producer |
| Producer; seasons 1-3, consulting producer; season 4 |
| Executive producer for Columbia TriStar Television |
| Developer, executive producer |
| Supervising producer |
| Consulting producer; seasons 1-4 |
| Developer, executive producer |
| Developer, executive producer |
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| Executive producer |
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| executive producer; season 1 |
| Developer, executive producer |
Film
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| background illustrator (uncredited) |
| producer |
Short film
supervising director and producer |
| Supervising producer |
Short film
Writer and producer |
| animation producer |
Short film
Writer and producer |
Short film
Producer |
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