Biography
Fred Wolf (born September 13, 1932) is an American animator. 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 (later of The Snowman). 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 (Fred Wolf Films Dublin). In this studio, each project is produced by a dedicated Irish crew.
Filmography
all 34
Movies 27
Director 16
Producer 9
TV Shows 7
Writer 3
Creator 2
self 1
Turtle Power - The Definitive History of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)
The New Adventures of Zorro (1997)
Young Pocahontas (1997)
The Fantastic Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor (1996)
Dino Babies (1994)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Planet of the Turtleoids (1991)
The Chipmunks Rockin' Through The Decades (1990)
Shadow Strikers (1990)
The California Raisin Show (1989)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Epic Begins (1988)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Case of the Killer Pizzas (1988)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Heroes in a Halfshell (1988)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987)
DuckTales (1987)
Fluppy Dogs (1986)
The Adventures of the American Rabbit (1986)
The Wuzzles: Bulls of a Feather (1986)
Wuzzles (1985)
Peter and the Magic Egg (1983)
Puff the Magic Dragon: The Incredible Mr. Nobody (1982)
Strawberry Shortcake: Pets on Parade (1982)
Thanksgiving in the Land of Oz (1980)
Carlton Your Doorman (1980)
The World of Strawberry Shortcake (1980)
The Little Rascals' Christmas Special (1979)
Puff the Magic Dragon: The Land of the Living Lies (1979)
Puff, the Magic Dragon (1978)
The Mouse and His Child (1977)
Sooper Goop (1976)
Free to Be… You and Me (1974)
The Point (1971)
The Box (1967)
The Top (1964)
The Bird (1964)
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GenderMale
Birthday1932-09-13 (91 years old)
Birth PlaceBrooklyn, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
AwardsAcademy Award for Best Animated Short Film
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