Line #13 Creator/RichardRich


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3	Richard "Rick" Rich (June 15, 1951-) is an American animator and director best known as the creator of ''WesternAnimation/TheSwanPrincess'' and the director of the Creator/{{Disney}} CultClassic, ''WesternAnimation/TheBlackCauldron''. More recently, he produced ''WesternAnimation/AlphaAndOmega''.
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5	Though he never became particularly famous, he is notable for being the youngest director in Disney history, having made ''WesternAnimation/TheFoxAndTheHound'' when he was less than 30 years old. He is also one of the few animators in the industry without any formal schooling on the subject, instead having a degree in Musical Theater. He is also a close friend of Creator/DonBluth, having worked as his assistant during production of ''WesternAnimation/TheRescuers''.
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7	Not to be confused with ComicBook/RichieRich.
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9	[[folder: Filmography]]
10	[[index]]
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12	* ''[[WesternAnimation/TheManyAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too]]'' (1974): Assistant Director
13	* ''WesternAnimation/TheRescuers'' (1977): Assistant Director
14	* ''[[Film/PetesDragon1977 Pete's Dragon]]'' (1977): Assistant Director
15	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSmallOne'' (1978): Assistant Director and Songwriter
16	* ''WesternAnimation/TheFoxAndTheHound'' (1981)
17	* ''WesternAnimation/TheBlackCauldron'' (1985)
18	* ''Animated Stories from the Book of Mormon'' (1987-1992) - 12 episodes
19	** ''Animated Stories from Church History'' (1988) - One episode
20	* ''Animated Stories from the New Testament'' (1987-2005) - 24 episodes
21	** ''Animated Stories from the Bible'' (1992-1995) - 12 episodes
22	* ''Animated Hero Classics'' (1991-2005) - 20 episodes
23	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSwanPrincess'' (1994)
24	** ''The Swan Princess: Escape from Castle Mountain'' (1997)
25	** ''The Swan Princess: The Mystery of the Enchanted Kingdom'' (1998)
26	** ''The Swan Princess Christmas'' (2012)
27	** ''The Swan Princess: A Royal Family Tale'' (2014)
28	** ''The Swan Princess: Princess Tomorrow, Pirate Today'' (2016)
29	** ''The Swan Princess: Royally Undercover'' (2017)
30	** ''The Swan Princess: A Royal Myztery'' (2018)
31	** ''The Swan Princess: Kingdom of Music'' (2019)
32	** ''The Swan Princess: A Royal Wedding'' (2020)
33	* ''WesternAnimation/TheKingAndI'' (1999)
34	* ''WesternAnimation/{{The Scarecrow\|2000}}'' (2000)
35	* ''WesternAnimation/TheTrumpetOfTheSwan'' (2001)
36	* ''Muhammad: The Last Prophet'' (2002)
37	** ''Animated Stories of Islam'' (2002) - Three episodes
38	* ''Kids' Ten Commandments'' (2003) - Five episodes
39	* ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}} Arthur's Missing Pal]]'' (2006): Producer and Art Director ([[CreatorsOddball Yes, really.]])
40	* ''[[WesternAnimation/HappilyNeverAfter Happily N'ever After 2: Snow White: Another Bite at the Apple]]'' (2009): Producer only
41	* ''WesternAnimation/AlphaAndOmega'' (2010): Producer only
42	** ''Alpha and Omega 2: A Howl-iday Adventure'' (2013)
43	** ''Alpha and Omega 3: The Great Wolf Games'' (2014)
44	** ''Alpha and Omega: The Legend of the Saw Tooth Cave'' (2014)
45	** ''Alpha and Omega: Family Vacation'' (2015)
46	* ''Literature/TheLittleEngineThatCould'' (2011): Producer only
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48	[[/index]]
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51	!!Tropes Involving Richard Rich:
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53	* AnimatedMusical: His favorite type of work, considering his extensive background in musical theater.
54	* CreatorBacklash: He is not fond of ''Swan Princess 3'' (possibly to the point of CanonDiscontinuity) and avoids talking about ''WesternAnimation/TheBlackCauldron''.
55	* CreatorKiller:
56	** ''WesternAnimation/TheBlackCauldron'' did so badly that Rich was fired from Disney and had to start his own animation studio to stay in business.
57	** The critical and financial failure of ''WesternAnimation/TheKingAndI'', as well as the Rodgers And Hammerstein estate barring any additional animated adaptations of their works, effectively ended any chances of Rich being able to make a name out of being a master animator.
58	* DoingItForTheArt: His claimed reason for why he keeps making Swan Princess sequels; he just loves writing stories about Odette and Derek.
59	* OnlySixFaces: The religious-themed video series produced by his studio post-''The Swan Princess'' feature characters that are almost visual clones of that movie's characters.
60	* PromotedFanboy: He wanted to help write songs for animated musicals since he was a kid. He's made a career directing them.
61	* TalkingAnimal: Chances are, if he's involved with a movie there's going to be at least one of these.

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