# Richard Raynis

Richard Raynis (born December 27, 1956) is an American animator and television producer. He is a six-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 six 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. Raynis co-created Extreme Ghostbusters (1997) and Godzilla: The Series (1998–2000) with Jeff Kline, 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

* Kidd Video (director)
* ALF: The Animated Series (producer, director)
* The Real Ghostbusters (producer, director)
* Starcom: The U.S. Space Force (producer)
* ALF Tales (producer, director)
* COPS (producer)
* The New Adventures of Beany and Cecil (production executive)
* Dennis the Menace (production executive)
* Ring Raiders (producer)
* The Simpsons (producer)
* The Critic (producer)
* Jumanji (executive producer)
* Project G.e.e.K.e.R. (supervising producer)
* Extreme Ghostbusters (developer, executive producer)
* Men in Black: The Series (developer, executive producer)
* Channel Umptee-3 (executive producer for Columbia TriStar Television)
* King of the Hill (consulting producer, producer)
* Godzilla: The Series (developer, executive producer)
* Dilbert (supervising producer)
* Futurama (consulting producer)
* Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles (developer, executive producer)
* Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot (developer, executive producer)
* Dragon Tales (producer)
* Max Steel (executive producer)
* Sammy (executive producer)
* Jackie Chan Adventures (developer, executive producer)
* Heavy Gear: The Animated Series (developer, executive producer)

### Film

* The Lord of the Rings (1978)
* The Simpsons Movie (2007)
* The Edge of Seventeen (2016)