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robert mandell
 film director , producer , screenwriter
robert mandell

robert mandell is an american animated series and film writer , director and producer .
mandell headed new frontier productions/new frontier entertainment .
robert mandell is best known as the creator , producer and co-writer of the 1986 -- 1987 animated series `` the adventures of the galaxy rangers '' -lrb- the `` collection1 '' edition of `` galaxy rangers '' features a 14-minute video interview with mandell about his career as well as an audio commentary track -rrb- .
later he created the 1995 -- 1996 animated series `` princess gwenevere and the jewel riders '' and wrote or co-wrote and directed its episodes .
he was also a writer and executive producer for the american version of `` thunderbirds 2086 '' -lrb- in association with barry gray -rrb- and an executive producer for `` the king and i '' and the `` ace ventura , pet detective '' animated tv series , among other credits .
as of 2010 , mandell is the chief creative officer and ceo of the company red sky entertainment -lrb- a subsidiary of blue wave entertainment -rrb- , whose properties include `` galaxy rangers '' , `` heavy metal pulp '' -lrb- a series of illustrated novels published by tor in cooperation with `` heavy metal '' magazine -rrb- and the '' '' novel series , loosely based on his cartoon series `` jewel riders '' and produced by him .
current projects include producing a tv series based on larry niven 's novel `` ringworld , '' as well as a two-volume manga adaptation based on ringworld , a feature film based on the `` avalon '' book series , and a re-imagined live action tv series based on the `` galaxy rangers '' .
