{"id":4177,"date":"2019-08-16T12:12:33","date_gmt":"2019-08-16T19:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cjcanimation.com\/blog\/?p=4177"},"modified":"2021-10-18T15:34:54","modified_gmt":"2021-10-18T22:34:54","slug":"farewell-to-legendary-animator-richard-williams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cjcanimation.com\/blog\/farewell-to-legendary-animator-richard-williams\/","title":{"rendered":"Farewell to Legendary Animator Richard Williams"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"438\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cjcanimation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/190817142028-02-richard-williams-file-exlarge-169.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cjcanimation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/190817142028-02-richard-williams-file-exlarge-169.jpg 780w, https:\/\/www.cjcanimation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/190817142028-02-richard-williams-file-exlarge-169-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cjcanimation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/190817142028-02-richard-williams-file-exlarge-169-768x431.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><figcaption><em>Animator RICHARD WILLIAMS working on the &#8216;ragpicker&#8217; character for A CHRISTMAS CAROL [BR 1971]     Date: 1971<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Richard Williams, best known for his work on \u201cWho Framed Roger Rabbit\u201d and two of the \u201cPink Panther\u201d films, has died at the age of 86.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Williams had a deep love for animation and passed along his knowledge to younger generations whenever possible. He played a key role in honing our skills, and from him, we learned how to study life around us. He was a pillar of inspiration to us and we relied heavily on the lessons that he shared. His highly acclaimed book, \u201cThe Animator\u2019s Survival Kit\u201d was one of the biggest foundations of our knowledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"643\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cjcanimation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/bio_richard_with_book.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cjcanimation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/bio_richard_with_book.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.cjcanimation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/bio_richard_with_book-233x300.jpg 233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>We wouldn\u2019t have gotten as far as we did on our own without the knowledge shared by Richard Williams. He will live on through our work, as well as the work of his students around the world.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His daughter, Natasha Williams, told the PA Media (UK national news agency) that her father was writing and animating until 6 p.m. on the day he died.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rest in Peace, Richard Williams. Thank you for everything.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Richard Williams, best known for his work on \u201cWho Framed Roger Rabbit\u201d and two of the \u201cPink Panther\u201d films, has died at the age of 86.&nbsp; Williams had a deep love for animation and passed along his knowledge to younger generations whenever possible. He played a key role in honing our skills, and from him, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cjcanimation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cjcanimation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cjcanimation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cjcanimation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cjcanimation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4177"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.cjcanimation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4177\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4201,"href":"https:\/\/www.cjcanimation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4177\/revisions\/4201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cjcanimation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cjcanimation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cjcanimation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}