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Mark Risley
Born
San Diego, California[1]
Occupation(s)Producer, director, writer, storyboard artist, animator, casting and voice director
Years active1990 to present
AwardsDaytime Emmy Awards, Emmy Awards, Genesis Award, Annecy Award, Banff Rockie Award, People's Choice Award, American Public Television Excellence in Broadcasting Award

Mark Risley is an American award winning writer, producer and director specializing in children's television. He is best-known for his work on Rugrats, The Wild Thornberrys, The Mr. Men Show, Space Racers, and Disney's Yo-Kai Watch.

Career

Risley began his career as an animator on several television programs including Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, Gladiators 2000 and the CBS Prime-time special The Magic Paintbrush. Later he worked in the story department on the Kids' Choice Awards winning film The Rugrats Movie, then moved on to produce and direct the Emmy Award-winning series Rugrats, the Emmy-nominated series The Wild Thornberrys (1998), the Annie Award-nominated series Rocket Power (1999), and the three-time Prime-time Emmy nominated series As Told by Ginger (2000–2004) both of them for Nickelodeon and Klasky Csupo.

After directing selected sequences of the theatrical feature, The Wild Thornberrys Movie (2002) Risley went to DreamWorks Animation where he directed Father of the Pride for NBC television.

In 2005 he directed the pilot Kitty's Dish for Walt Disney Television Animation and wrote and directed the live-action documentary San Diego Zoo Animal Explorer.

In 2007 Risley provided the voice of Kraven's gorilla in the video game The Amazing Spider-Man: Interactive Adventures which he also wrote the scripts and provided the voice direction.

Risley's credits also include Nickelodeon's Tak & the Power of Juju, Cartoon Network's The Mr. Men Show, Disney's Tinker Bell and the Pixie Hollow Games, NFL Rush Zone, and the NASA TV series, Space Racers. The latter of which won the 2015 American Public Television award for Excellence in Broadcasting.

He is currently producing and directing the upcoming TV series Yo-Kai Watch.

Awards and nominations

Daytime Emmy Awards

  • 2001, The Wild Thornberrys, "Outstanding Children's Animated Program"
  • 2003, Rugrats, "Outstanding Children's Animated Program"

Emmy Awards

  • 2001, As Told by Ginger, "Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming Less Than One Hour)"
  • 2002, As Told by Ginger, "Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming Less Than One Hour)"
  • 2003, As Told by Ginger, "Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming Less Than One Hour)"

American Public Television Award

  • 2014 "Space Racers", "Excellence in Broadcasting"

People's Choice Awards

  • 2005, Father of the Pride, Favorite New TV Comedy Program

Genesis Awards

  • 2000, "The Wild Thornberrys, "Outstanding Children's Program (animated)"

Annecy Awards

  • 2002 As Told by Ginger episode And She Was Gone, "Outstanding Direction (For Programming Less Than One Hour)" [2]

Banff Rockie Awards

  • 2001 As Told by Ginger episode "Hello Stranger", "Best Animation Program"[3]

American Public Television Excellence in Broadcasting

  • 2014, Space Racers, Best New Preschool Program

Cynopsis Award

  • 2015, Space Racers, Best New Animated Preschool Program

References

  1. ^ Hargreaves, Adam (2008-08-25). "Director to the Mr. Men Stars". Mr. Men Show Blog. Retrieved 2009-01-15. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |birth_place= (help)
  2. ^ Film index
  3. ^ Banff Rockie Awards Nominees 2001, Banff Rockie Awards, undated.

External links

Interviews

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