Richard Williams

Director

Born: March 19, 1933
Died: August 16, 2019 (age 86)
From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Richard Edmund Williams (March 19, 1933-August 16, 2019) was a Canadian–British animator, voice artist, and writer, best known for serving as animation director on Disney/Amblin's Who Framed Roger Rabbit and for his unfinished feature film The Thief and the Cobbler. He was also a film title sequence designer and animator; his most famous works in this field included the title sequences to What's…

Filmography (24)

Lysistrata
Lysistrata (2026)
Director
Prologue (2015)
Director
Persistence of Vision (2012)
Himself
Circus Drawings (2010)
Director
Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009)
Self (archive footage)
The Curious Case of Inspector Clouseau (2002)
self
The Thief and the Cobbler (1993)
Director
It All Started with a Mouse: The Disney Story (1989)
Self
Tummy Trouble (1989)
Droopy Dog (voice)
I Drew Roger Rabbit (1988)
Himself
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
Droopy (voice)
Somethin's Cookin' (1988)
Director
Roger Rabbit Screen Test (1986)
Director
Ziggy's Gift (1982)
Director
Richard Williams and the Thief Who Never Gave Up (1982)
Himself
Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure (1977)
Director
Die Titelmacher
Die Titelmacher (1976)
Self
A Christmas Carol (1971)
Director
The Sailor and the Devil (1967)
Director
The Dermis Probe (1965)
Director
Love Me, Love Me, Love Me. (1962)
Director
A Lecture on Man (1962)
Director
The Little Island (1958)
Director
The Wardrobe (1958)
Director