Directing

Richard Taylor

Born — Died

1929-01-01 — 2013-01-01

Place of birth

Hampstead, London, England, UK

Known for

Directing

Credits

5 titles

IMDb profile

Richard Taylor was a British animator. In the 1950s, he worked on many productions for the London-based W.M. Larkins Studio, including Peter Sachs's Balance 1950 (1951), River of Steel (1951), Without Fear (1953), and Shippam’s Guide to the Opera (1955). Taylor left Larkins Studio in 1965 and launched Richard Taylor Cartoons. He notably produced the Crystal Tipps and Alistair (1971) cartoon series, the Charlie Says (1973) cut-out public information series, and the Protect and Survive series on civil defence and nuclear bomb safety.

Known for

A retrospective of the work of Robert Abel and Associates, a pioneering commercial computer graphics company that created some of the most iconic early computer-generated imagery. Included here are over 40 commercial spots, ranging from 30-second commercials and commercial logos, to their 1984 animated short "High Fidelity".

Visual Pathfinders: Robert Abel & Associates

1985

Lewis Carroll's 'Alice' stories are used to explain certain sections of the Labelling of Food Regulations 1970.

Alice in Label Land

1974

7.0

Our animated hero questions his sanity after blowing his top and driving his car into a police station.

Mr. Finley's Feelings

1956

Watch the Ungle Wungle bird find his mate in this very early Bob Godfrey film, made with his colleagues at Larkins Studio.

Watch the Birdie

1954

8.0

An educational film about proper hygiene.

Some of Your Bits Ain't Nice!

1982

Behind the camera