Ralph Bakshi

@Director of Animated Films, Timeline and Childhood ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Ralph Bakshi is an American director of animated films best known for the X-rated movie, ‘Fritz the Cat’ Israeli Artists Film & Theater Personalities Directors T V & Movie Producers Miscellaneous Scorpio Celebrities Ralph Bakshi is an American director of animated films who rose to prominence with his debut feature film, ‘Fritz the Cat’, which went on to become the first animated film to receive an X rating from the Motion Picture Association of America. The movie became extremely popular and is the most successful independent animated feature ever made. ‘Fritz the Cat’ established him as a quirky, creative and bold director who openly courted controversy with his unconventional works. He began his career as a cel polisher in a cartoon studio, and impressed his employers with his undying sincerity and eventually rose through the positions to become a director. Though he was doing well in his career, he longed for the creative freedom that his job did not offer. He developed an interest in animation and became acquainted with several popular animators of his time from who he learnt the nuances of the art. After working with several studios he realized that the time was ripe for him to launch his directorial career, and chose to adapt a controversial comic strip by Robert Crumb as his debut film. ‘Fritz the Cat’ was an outrageous selection for a debut director—down and dirty, highly sexualized, and with a liberal sprinkling of profanity, the film did create controversy. But it also launched Bakshi’s directorial career with a bang.

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Birthday: October 29, 1938 Nationality: Israeli Famous: Director of Animated Films, Artists, Film & Theater Personalities, Directors, T V & Movie Producers, Miscellaneous Spouses: Elisabeth Bassett Bakshi, Liz Bakshi Childrens: Eddie Bakshi, Mark Bakshi, Preston Bakshi, Victoria Bakshi Universities: High School of Art and Design Birth Place: Haifa Information Detail Birthday October 29, 1938 Nationality Israeli Famous Director of Animated Films, Artists, Film & Theater Personalities, Directors, T V & Movie Producers, Miscellaneous Spouses Elisabeth Bassett Bakshi, Liz Bakshi Childrens Eddie Bakshi, Mark Bakshi, Preston Bakshi, Victoria Bakshi Universities High School of Art and Design Birth Place Haifa Height 191cm Gender Male Net Worth $4.3 Million as of February 26,2017 Sun Sign Scorpio Born in Haifa Famous as Director of Animated Films

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He married Elaine when he was 21 and was a father to a son, Mark, by the next year. But their marriage soon unraveled due to his hectic schedule and the couple divorced. Unsplash Personal Life

He is currently married to Liz who he wed in 1968. Unsplash Personal Life

He was born on 29 October 1938, in Haifa, Mandatory Palestine (now Israel) to Russian Jew parents. His family immigrated to New York City to escape World War II in 1939. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

In 1947 his family moved to a predominantly black neighbourhood in Washington D.C., so he made numerous black friends and felt one with them. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

He loved to read comics as a child and even foraged in trash bins to find them. He laid his hands on a copy of Gene Byrnes' ‘Complete Guide to Cartooning’ when he was 15 and began cartooning himself. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

He attended the Thomas Jefferson High School where he proved to be a mischief maker. So the principal had him transferred to Manhattan's School of Industrial Art from where he graduated with an award in cartooning in 1956. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

He was employed by Terrytoons Animation Studio in New Rochelle as a cel polisher. His first job was a low paying and boring one, yet he worked on sincerely. Impressed by his work, his employers promoted him to cel painting and then to animation. Unsplash Career

He became the director of the studio at the age of 25. His first assignment was the series ‘Sad Cat’, but he was not happy with his job. He felt that he did not get the creative freedom he craved for as a director. Unsplash Career

He joined Paramount Cartoon Studios in 1967 as the Producer and Director. Here he worked with Steve Krantz to create episodes of the ‘Spider-Man’ TV series and several short films. Unsplash Career

By the 1970s he was raring to produce films of his own as he wanted to freely express his creativity, unrestrained by the limitations of his studio jobs. Krantz suggested that he make an animated version of Robert Crumb's ‘Fritz the Cat’ comic book, and thus he began working on it. Unsplash Career

The film was released in 1972 and immediately became very successful because of its explicit sexual content. An adult animated comedy film, it was radically different from the other animated films of that time. Unsplash Career

His debut feature film, ‘Fritz the Cat’ became the first animated feature film to receive an X rating in the United States. The movie shocked the conservative audiences but also entertained them at the same time with its graphic content and profanity. It grossed over $90 million worldwide to become the most successful independent animated feature of all time. Unsplash Major Works

Information	Detail
Birthday	October 29, 1938
Nationality	Israeli
Famous	Director of Animated Films, Artists, Film & Theater Personalities, Directors, T V & Movie Producers, Miscellaneous
Spouses	Elisabeth Bassett Bakshi, Liz Bakshi
Childrens	Eddie Bakshi, Mark Bakshi, Preston Bakshi, Victoria Bakshi
Universities	High School of Art and Design
Birth Place	Haifa
Height	191cm
Gender	Male
Net Worth	$4.3 Million as of February 26,2017
Sun Sign	Scorpio
Born in	Haifa
Famous as	Director of Animated Films

Ralph Bakshi

Israeli

Oct 29, 1938

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Haifa