Ross Bagdasarian Jr.

Ross Dickran Bagdasarian (born May 6, 1949)Ross Dickran Bagdasarian — California Birth Index at Family Search is an American filmmaker and musician, best known for his work on the Alvin and the Chipmunks franchise. He is the son of the franchise's creator, Ross Bagdasarian Sr. He is called Ross Bagdasarian Jr., although his name is not the same, to distinguish himself from his
father.
==Early life==
Bagdasarian was born in Fresno, California, the son of Armenuhi (née Kulhanjian) and Ross Bagdasarian Sr. He is of Armenian descent. As a child, he worked with his father on The Alvin Show by helping edit and coordinate the soundtracks and falsetto voice-overs of The Chipmunks.
==Career==
Bagdasarian went to law school but after his father's death in 1972, succeeded him as the President of Bagdasarian Productions, which had fallen into obscurity after significant success between 1958 and the late 1960s. His wife Janice Karman, whom he married in 1979, is co-president. Bagdasarian and Karman have two children and live in Montecito, California.
Under Bagdasarian's supervision, new Chipmunks records were created shortly after his marriage to Karman, including Chipmunk Punk. In 1981, the Chipmunks returned to television in the cartoon special A Chipmunk Christmas. Three years later, Ruby-Spears Productions' Alvin and the Chipmunks Saturday morning cartoon series debuted on NBC. Based on that series, a feature film, The Chipmunk Adventure was released in 1987. Bagdasarian voices Alvin, Simon, and Dave Seville, and Karman voices Theodore and The Chipettes (Brittany, Jeanette, and Eleanor).
Bagdasarian and Karman hold tight creative and financial control over the Chipmunk franchise, reviewing each and every business contract in great detail. In the mid-90s, Bagdasarian bought the Chipmunk rights from brother Adam and a sister (a stay-at-home mother), to take complete control.
===Universal Pictures lawsuit===
Bagdasarian licensed the rights to the Chipmunk characters to Universal Pictures in 1996, resulting in a string of Universal-produced direct-to-video films. Four years later, he and Karman sued them for breach of contract, claiming that Universal failed to properly utilize, market, and merchandise the characters and hence resulting in a loss of royalties to Bagdasarian. The case was decided in Bagdasarian's favor. "For us, it was a custody battle", Karman said. "They finally realized 'OK, these two are really fighting for their kids'."
==Filmography==
===Film===
Year	Title 	Producer	Writer	Actor	Role 	Notes
1987	The Chipmunk Adventure 	 	 	 	Alvin SevilleSimon SevilleDavid Seville	
1999	Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein	 	 	 	Alvin SevilleSimon SevilleDavid Seville	Direct-to-video
2000	Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman 	 	 	 	Alvin SevilleSimon SevilleDavid Seville	Direct-to-video
2005	Little Alvin and the Mini-Munks 	 	 	 	Alvin SevilleSimon SevilleDavid Seville	Direct-to-video
2007	Alvin and the Chipmunks 	 	 	 	Alvin (singing voice) 	Songwriter
2009	Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel 	 	 	 	Alvin (singing voice) 	Singing Voice
2011	Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked 	 	 	 	Alvin (singing voice) 	Singing Voice
2015	Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip 	 	 	 	Alvin (singing voice) 	Singing Voice
 	 	 	 	 	Alvin (singing voice) 	Singing Voice
===Television===
Year 	Title 	Producer	Writer	Actor	Role 	Notes
1981 	A Chipmunk Christmas 	 	 	 	Alvin SevilleSimon SevilleDave Seville	TV movie
1983–1990 	Alvin and the Chipmunks 	 	 	 	Alvin SevilleSimon SevilleDave Seville	TV series
1984 	I Love the Chipmunks Valentine Special 	 	 	 	Alvin SevilleSimon SevilleDave Seville	TV movie
1985 	A Chipmunk Reunion 	 	 	 	Alvin SevilleSimon SevilleDave Seville	TV movie
1990 	Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue 	 	 	 	AlvinSimon 	TV short
1990 	Rockin' Through the Decades 	 	 	 	AlvinSimonDave Seville 	TV movie
1994 	Alvin and the Chipmunks: Trick or Treason	 	 	 	AlvinSimonDave Seville 	TV movie
1994 	A Chipmunk Celebration 	 	 	 	AlvinSimonDave Seville 	TV movie
1995 	The Easter Chipmunk 	 	 	 	AlvinSimonDave Seville 	TV movie
2015–present	ALVINNN!!! and the Chipmunks 	 	 	 	AlvinSimonDave Seville 	TV series
 	 	 	 	 	AlvinSimonDave Seville 	TV series
 	 	 	 	 	AlvinSimonDave Seville 	TV series
 	 	 	 	 	AlvinSimonDave Seville 	TV series
 	 	 	 	 	AlvinSimonDave Seville 	TV series
 	 	 	 	 	AlvinSimonDave Seville 	TV series
 	 	 	 	 	AlvinSimonDave Seville 	TV series
==References==
==External links==
*History at Chipmunks.com
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