Fred Wolf (animator)
Fred Wolf is an American animator and director. His works include the 1967 short subject The Box, for which he won an Academy Award; television specials such as The Point! and Free to Be...You and Me, and television series such as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, James Bond Jr., and Sarah Ferguson’s Budgie the Little Helicopter. Wolf was also responsible for the famous Tootsie Pops “How Many Licks” commercial.
In the 1960s, Wolf set up a studio in Hollywood, California with Japanese-American animator Jimmy T. Murakami. The studio was called Murakami-Wolf Films. In 1978, animator Charles Swenson became a partner, and the company became known as Murakami-Wolf-Swenson. Both Murakami and Swenson eventually left the company, and in 1992, it became Fred Wolf Films.
In 1989, MWS established a satellite studio in Dublin, Ireland, known as Murakami-Wolf Dublin before eventually adopting its current name. In this studio, each project is produced by a dedicated Irish crew.
Productions
Among the various series produced by or involving Fred Wolf:Alvin and the Chipmunks Barnyard Commandos The California Raisin Show DuckTales The Flintstones Hollywood Dogs James Bond Jr. The Little Clowns of Happytown The New Adventures of Speed Racer Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles The WuzzlesMovies produced/directed/animated by Fred Wolf:Hey There, It's Yogi Bear! The Box The Point! The Naked Ape Down and Dirty Duck The Mouse and His Child Puff the Magic Dragon Puff the Magic Dragon in the Land of the Living Lies The Little Rascals Christmas Special The World of Strawberry Shortcake Carlton Your Doorman Thanksgiving in the Land of Oz Strawberry Shortcake: Big Apple City Strawberry Shortcake: Pets on Parade Puff and the Incredible Mr. Nobody Peter and the Magic Egg The Adventures of the American Rabbit Be My Valentine Fluppy Dogs