Richard Rich (filmmaker)

Richard Rich
Nationality	American
Occupation(s)	Animation director, film director, producer, screenwriter
Years active	1971 – Present
Notable work	The Fox and the Hound The Black Cauldron The Swan Princess series The King and I Alpha and Omega series

Richard Rich is an American director, producer, and screenwriter. Rich is founder and owner of Crest Animation Productions. Rich started his career in the mailroom of the Walt Disney Studios but worked his way up to first assistant director. He made his directorial debut on The Fox and the Hound.

Rich established Rich Animation Studios, later renamed Rich-Crest. He directed The Swan Princess in 1994 which led up to four sequels. Besides feature films, Rich has produced direct-to-video series such as Animated Stories from the New Testament, Animated Stories from the Bible, Animated Stories from The Book of Mormon, Animated Hero Classics and K10C: Kids' Ten Commandments. His most recent credit is as producer on the successful computer-animated comedy drama film Alpha and Omega and as the director/producer of its sequels.

Filmography

Year	Film	Director	Producer	Writer	Other	Notes
1973	Robin Hood				Assistant director	Uncredited
1974	Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too					Uncredited
1977	The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
	The Rescuers
	Pete's Dragon					Assistant Animation Director, Uncredited
1978	The Small One				Assistant Director Songwriter: "A Friendly Face"	Short film
1981	The Fox and the Hound	N			Music composer
1985	The Black Cauldron	N		N
1994	The Swan Princess	N	N	N
1997	The Swan Princess II: Escape from Castle Mountain	N	N	N		Limited theatrical release
1998	The Swan Princess III: The Mystery of the Enchanted Kingdom	N	N	N		Direct-to-DVD
1999	The King and I	N
2000	The Scarecrow	N	N	N		Direct-to-DVD
2001	The Trumpet of the Swan	N
2002	Muhammad: The Last Prophet	N				Limited Theatrical Release
2010	Alpha and Omega		N			All films produced from here on out are computer animated.
2011	The Little Engine That Could		N			Direct-to-DVD
2012	The Swan Princess Christmas	N	N
	Before the Light	N
	Salman the Persian	N
	Great Women of Islam	N
2013	Alpha and Omega 2: A Howl-iday Adventure	N	N		Story (Uncredited)
2014	The Swan Princess: A Royal Family Tale	N	N	N	Story
	Alpha and Omega 3: The Great Wolf Games	N	N
	Alpha and Omega: The Legend of the Saw Tooth Cave	N	N			Limited Theatrical Release
2015	Alpha and Omega: Family Vacation		N			Direct-to-DVD
2016	The Swan Princess: Princess Tomorrow, Pirate Today	N	N			Direct-to-DVD
2017	The Swan Princess: Royally Undercover	N	N			Direct-to-DVD
2018	The Swan Princess: A Royal Myztery	N	N			Direct-to-DVD

See also

• Don Bluth

External links

• Richard Rich at IMDb