Tom Ray
(1919-2010)
Il a travaillé comme :
Réalisateur - Animateur - Scénariste -
Co-réalisateur - Directeur de l'animation - Superviseur de l'animation -
Maître animateur - Directeur de la synchronisation...
Il a travaillé pour :
Amblin Entertainment - Bakshi Animation - Chuck Jones Enterprises - DePatie Freleng - Disney - Filmation - Hanna-Barbera - John Sutherland Productions - MGM - Rick Reinert Productions - Sanrio Films - Sunbow Productions - Warner Brothers - Warner Brothers Television...
Il a travaillé avec :
Tex Avery - Robert McKimson - Chuck Jones - Friz Freleng - Joseph Barbera & William Hannah - Ralph Bakshi
Les films, courts et séries notables sur lesquels il a travaillé :
Tom and Jerry - Looney Tunes - Merrie Melodies - Adventures of the Road Runner - Bugs Bunny Show - Pink Panther - Bambi - Heavy Traffic - Coonskin - Mme Doubtfire - Winnie the Pooh - Transformers - Fraggle Rock - Garfield and Friends - Tiny Toon Adventures - Animaniacs - The Dot and the Line (Oscar 1966) - How the Grinch Stole Christmas - Chuck Jones TV Specials - Mighty Mouse - Heckle and Jeckle - Yogi - Transformers - Mon Petit Poney - Scooby Doo - Flintstone - The Ant and the Aardvark - Godzilla - Hong Kong Phooey - Jabberjaw - Josie and the Pussycats - Super Friends (Héros DC Comics) - The All-New Super Friends Hour - Challenge of the Super Friends - Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels - Spider-Woman - Flash Gordon - The Amazing Spider-Man - The Incredible Hulk - G.I. Joe - Robocop - Jem et les hologrammes (Jem) - Les Razmoket (Rugrats) - Johnny Quest - Les Castors allumés (The Angry Beavers) - Les 101 Dalmatiens (TV) - Hey Arnold ! - Fat Albert - Men in Black?
Thomas Archer Ray, dit Tom Ray, naît à Williams (Arizona), le 2 août 1919. Il commence son expérience cinématographique comme enfant acteur dans un film muet de John Ford.
En 1937, à peine âgé de 18 ans, Tom Ray débute sa carrière d?animateur, sous le parrainage de Tex Avery, chez Leon Schlesinger Productions, au sein des studios Warner Bros. Les premiers courts sur lesquels il travaille, I Only Have Eyes for You et Uncle Tom's Bungalow sont deux réalisations de Fred Tex Avery. Après environ six mois, il passe à la MGM, qui vient d'ouvrir son studio animation. Il travaille sous la direction de Friz Freleng pour The Captain and the Kids. Quand il est appelé sous les drapeaux pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, il était devenu l'assistant d'Irven Spence. Au cours des années suivantes, il a travaillé à un moment ou à un autre pour presque tous les grands studios de Los Angeles (Walt Disney pour Bambi, UPA, John Sutherland). Après la Seconde Guerre mondiale, on le retrouve encore à la MGM dans l'unité Tom & Jerry de Hanna-Barbera.
Pendant les deux premières décennies de sa carrière, Tom Ray n'a reçu aucun crédit à l'écran. Il lui faudra attendre Destination Earth, en 1956, pour voir son nom apparaître au générique. En 1958, il retourne à la Warner où il devient maître animateur dans l'unité de Robert McKimson ; il sera rapidement transféré dans l'unité de Chuck Jones. Là, il co-réalise Adventures of the Road Runner et plusieurs épisodes du Bugs Bunny Show. En 1963, il suit Chuck Jones à la Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, où il travaille de nouveau sur la série Tom & Jerry, notamment Matinee Mouse en 1966 et Shutter Bugged Cat en 1967. En 1965, il participe au cartoon The Dot and the Line, co-réalisé par Chuck Jones et Maurice Noble, qui remporte l'Oscar en 1966. La même année, il travaille comme animateur sur le fameux How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
Tom Ray a continué à travailler dans les années 1980 et 1990, réalisant de nombreux épisodes de diverses séries télévisées, ainsi que le téléfilm My Little Pony. Il prend sa retraite de l'animation à Los Angeles en 1998, et part pour fonder son propre studio, Tomstone Animation, et pour enseigner l'animation. D'abord situé à East Stroudsburg (Pennsylvanie), Tom Ray a déménagé son studio à Virginia Beach (Virginie) juste avant son décès, le 6 avril 2010, à l'âge honorable de 90 ans.
Étendue sur plus de sept décennies, la longue carrière de Tom Ray est jalonnée de crédits remarquables. Tom Ray a également rempli plusieurs mandats au sein du conseil d'administration de The Animation Guild.
Tom Ray
(1919-2010)
He worked as :
Director - Animator - Story -
Co-Director - Animation Director - Animation Supervisor -
Master Animator - Timing Director - Sheet Timing Direction.
He worked for :
Amblin Entertainment - Bakshi Animation - Chuck Jones Enterprises - DePatie Freleng - Disney - Filmation - Hanna-Barbera - John Sutherland Productions - MGM - Rick Reinert Productions - Sanrio Films - Sunbow Productions - Warner Brothers - Warner Brothers Television
He has worked with :
Tex Avery - Robert McKimson - Chuck Jones - Friz Freleng - Joseph Barbera & William Hannah - Ralph Bakshi
Notable films, shorts and series on which he has worked :
Tom and Jerry - Looney Tunes - Merrie Melodies - Adventures of the Road Runner - Bugs Bunny Show - Pink Panther - Bambi - Heavy Traffic - Coonskin - Mrs. Doubtfire - Winnie the Pooh - Transformers - Fraggle Rock - Garfield and Friends - Tiny Toon Adventures - Animaniacs - The Dot and the Line (Oscar 1966) - How the Grinch Stole Christmas - Chuck Jones TV Specials - Mighty Mouse - Heckle and Jeckle - Yogi - Transformers - My Little Pony - Scooby Doo - Flintstone - The Ant and the Aardvark - Godzilla - Hong Kong Phooey - Jabberjaw - Josie and the Pussycats - Super Friends (DC Comics) - The All-New Super Friends Hour - Challenge of the Super Friends - Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels - Spider-Woman - Flash Gordon - The Amazing Spider-Man - The Incredible Hulk - G.I. Joe - Robocop - Jem - Rugrats - Johnny Quest - The Angry Beavers - 101 Dalmatians (TV) - Hey Arnold ! - Fat Albert - Men in Black?
Thomas Archer Ray, known as Tom Ray, was born in Williams, Arizona, on August 2, 1919. He begins his cinematic experience as a child actor in a silent film by John Ford.
In 1937, barely 18 years old, Tom Ray began his career as an animator, under the mentorship of Tex Avery, at Leon Schlesinger Productions, within the Warner Bros. studios. The first shorts he worked on, I Only Have Eyes for You and Uncle Tom's Bungalow, were both directed by Fred "Tex" Avery. After about six months, he moved on to MGM, which has just opened its animation studio. He works under the direction of Friz Freleng for The Captain and the Kids. When he was drafted during World War II, he had become Irven Spence's assistant. During the following years, he worked at one time or another for almost all the major studios in Los Angeles (Walt Disney for Bambi, UPA, John Sutherland...). After World War II, he was still at MGM in the Tom & Jerry unit of Hanna-Barbera.
During the first two decades of his career, Tom Ray received no screen credits. He had to wait until Destination Earth in 1956 to see his name appear in the credits. In 1958, he returned to Warner where he became a master animator in Robert McKimson's unit; he was quickly transferred to Chuck Jones' unit. There, he co-directed Adventures of the Road Runner and several episodes of the Bugs Bunny Show. In 1963, he followed Chuck Jones to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, where he worked again on the Tom & Jerry series, including Matinee Mouse in 1966 and Shutter Bugged Cat in 1967. In 1965, he participated in the cartoon The Dot and the Line, co-directed by Chuck Jones and Maurice Noble, which won the Oscar in 1966. The same year, he worked as an animator on the famous How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
Tom Ray continued to work in the 1980s and 1990s, directing numerous episodes of various television series, as well as the TV movie My Little Pony. He retired from animation in Los Angeles in 1998, and left to found his own studio, Tomstone Animation, and to teach animation. Originally located in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, Tom Ray moved his studio to Virginia Beach, Virginia just before his death on April 6, 2010 at the honorable age of 90.
Spread over more than seven decades, Tom Ray's long career is marked with remarkable credits. Tom Ray also served several terms on the board of directors of The Animation Guild.