Richard Taylor
Directing
Biography
Richard Taylor was a British animator. In the 1950s, he worked on many productions for the London-based W.M. Larkins Studio, including Peter Sachs's Balance 1950 (1951), River of Steel (1951), Without Fear (1953), and Shippam’s Guide to the Opera (1955). Taylor left Larkins Studio in 1965 and launched Richard Taylor Cartoons. He notably produced the Crystal Tipps and Alistair (1971) cartoon series, the Charlie Says (1973) cut-out public information series, and the Protect and Survive series on civil defence and nuclear bomb safety.
Known For
Muzzy in Gondoland is an animated children's learning language course created originally as a way to teach English as a second language. After later being acquired by DMP Organization, it was translated and released into many different languages to learn how to speak. Originally released in 1986, the series has also had a complete reanimation using 3D CGI in favor of traditional animation in 2013.
Big Muzzy
Lewis Carroll's 'Alice' stories are used to explain certain sections of the Labelling of Food Regulations 1970.
Alice in Label Land
A visual précis of the annual report of chemicals giant ICI
Balance 1950
A retrospective of the work of Robert Abel and Associates, a pioneering commercial computer graphics company that created some of the most iconic early computer-generated imagery. Included here are over 40 commercial spots, ranging from 30-second commercials and commercial logos, to their 1984 animated short "High Fidelity".
Visual Pathfinders: Robert Abel & Associates
An educational film about proper hygiene.
Some of Your Bits Ain't Nice!
Barclays Bank documentary about computers in the UK and how they might be used in the future.
'G.I.G.O Garbage In, Garbage Out' Computer History - A British View
Our animated hero questions his sanity after blowing his top and driving his car into a police station.