Richard Raynis

Richard Raynis (born December 27, 1956) is an American animator and television producer. He is a seven-time Primetime Emmy Award winner for his work as one of the main producers of The Simpsons. He is also known for co-creating several Adelaide Productions series such as Extreme Ghostbusters, Men in Black: The Series, Godzilla: The Series, Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles, and Heavy Gear: The Animated Series.

Career Raynis was born in 1956 in Los Angeles, and began his career in animation at the age of 21 on Ralph Bakshi's The Lord of the Rings (1978), working as a background illustrator. In 1982, he graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles with a degree in English literature. Raynis worked on several shows created by DIC Entertainment in the mid-1980s. He served as a writer and director on ALF: The Animated Series and ALF Tales, and directed numerous episodes of The Real Ghostbusters. In addition, he was an executive on shows such as The New Adventures of Beany and Cecil and Dennis the Menace. Raynis is known as one of the main producers of The Simpsons, for which he has won seven Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Animated Program. He began working on the show during its third season while at Film Roman, where he also worked as a producer on the shows King of the Hill, The Critic, and Futurama.

At Adelaide Productions, Raynis worked on various animated series in the 1990s and 2000s. He was an executive producer of Jumanji, which ran from 1996 to 1999. and Men in Black: The Series (1997–2001), Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles (1999–2000), and Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot (1999–2001) with Kline and Duane Capizzi. He was also a producer on Dilbert, Max Steel, Jackie Chan Adventures, and Dragon Tales.

In film, Raynis was a supervising producer of The Simpsons Movie and the shorts The Longest Daycare and Playdate with Destiny. He also produced animation segments for the film The Edge of Seventeen along with David Silverman and various Simpsons staff.

Filmography Television Year Title Notes 1985 Kidd Video Director; season 2 1986–87 The Real Ghostbusters Producer, director 1987–88 ALF: The Animated Series Writer and director; season 1, producer 1987 Starcom: The U.S. Space Force Producer 1988–89 ALF Tales Producer, director 1988 COPS Producer 1988 The New Adventures of Beany and Cecil Production executive 1988 Dennis the Menace Production executive 1989 Ring Raiders Producer 1989–present The Simpsons Producer 1994–2001 The Critic Producer 1995 The Nanny Producer; "Oy to the World" 1996–99 Jumanji Executive producer, main title designer 1996 Project G.e.e.K.e.R. Supervising producer 1997 Extreme Ghostbusters Developer, executive producer, main title director 1997–2001 Men in Black: The Series Developer, executive producer, main title director 1997–2002 King of the Hill Producer; seasons 1–3, consulting producer; season 4 1997–98 Channel Umptee-3 Executive producer for Columbia TriStar Television 1998–2000 Godzilla: The Series Developer, executive producer, main title director 1999–2000 Dilbert Supervising producer 1999–2002 Futurama Consulting producer; seasons 1–4 1999–2000 Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles Developer, executive producer, main title director 1999–2001 Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot Developer, executive producer, main title director 1999–2000 Dragon Tales Producer; season 1 2000 Max Steel Executive producer, main title director; season 1 2000 Sammy Executive producer 2000–2001 Jackie Chan Adventures Executive producer; season 1 2001–2002 Heavy Gear: The Animated Series Developer, executive producer

Film

Year Title Role Notes 1978 The Lord of the Rings background illustrator (uncredited) 1989 Little Golden Book Land producer 1998 Storybook Friends - A Little Christmas Magic Short filmsupervising director and producer 2000 Maxine's Christmas Carol Supervising director 2007 The Simpsons Movie Supervising producer 2012 The Longest Daycare Short filmWriter and producer 2014 The Simpsons Take the Bowl Short filmproducer 2016 The Edge of Seventeen animation producer Planet of the Couches Short filmproducer 2020 Playdate with Destiny Short filmWriter and producer 2021 The Force Awakens from Its Nap Short filmProducer The Good, the Bart, and the Loki The Simpsons Balenciaga Plusaversary 2022 When Billie Met Lisa Welcome to the Club The Simpsons Meet the Bocellis in "Feliz Navidad" 2023 Rogue Not Quite One 2024 May the 12th Be with You The Most Wonderful Time of the Year