Arthur Rankin
Arthur Rankin
| Japanese Name | アーサー・ランキン |
| Born | July 19, 1924 New York City, New York, United States |
| Died | January 30, 2014 (89) Harrington Sound, Bermuda |
American director and producer specializing in animation. He’s particularly famous for being one-half of the Rankin-Bass partnership that produced stop motion films, especially holiday-themed ones such as Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964) and Here Comes Peter Cottontail (1971).
Rankin was inspired to pursue stop-motion animation through his love of the original King Kong (1933). Incidentally, Rankin’s character designs would be built into wooden puppets by artists living in Japan. The Japanese film King Kong Escapes (1967) was essentially a live-action adaptation of Rankin’s The King Kong Show (1966), and Rankin was invited by Toho to participate in that production.
| Japanese Name | アーサー・ランキン |
| Born | July 19, 1924 New York City, New York, United States |
| Died | January 30, 2014 (89) Harrington Sound, Bermuda |
American director and producer specializing in animation. He’s particularly famous for being one-half of the Rankin-Bass partnership that produced stop motion films, especially holiday-themed ones such as Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964) and Here Comes Peter Cottontail (1971).
Rankin was inspired to pursue stop-motion animation through his love of the original King Kong (1933). Incidentally, Rankin’s character designs would be built into wooden puppets by artists living in Japan. The Japanese film King Kong Escapes (1967) was essentially a live-action adaptation of Rankin’s The King Kong Show (1966), and Rankin was invited by Toho to participate in that production.