Occupation Producer, director Years active 1990 to present | Name Mark Risley Role Producer | |
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Movies Summer of Camp Caprice Awards Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Animated Program Nominations Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program Similar People Gabor Csupo, Arlene Klasky, Emily Kapnek, Jim Duffy, Susan Balboni |
We're in Between Bonus Podcast Episode 7: Interview with Mark Risley
Mark Risley is an American writer, producer and director specializing in children's television. He is best-known for his work on Rugrats, The Wild Thornberrys, The Mr. Men Show, Space Racers, and Disney's Yo-kai Watch.
Contents
- Were in Between Bonus Podcast Episode 7 Interview with Mark Risley
- Career
- Awards and nominations
- References
Career
Risley began his career as an animator on several television programs including Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, Gladiators 2000 and the CBS Prime-time special The Magic Paintbrush. Later he worked in the story department on the Kids' Choice Awards winning film The Rugrats Movie, then moved on to produce and direct Rugrats, The Wild Thornberrys (1998), Rocket Power (1999), and As Told by Ginger (2000–2004) for Nickelodeon and Klasky Csupo.
After directing selected sequences of the theatrical feature, The Wild Thornberrys Movie (2002) Risley went to DreamWorks Animation where he directed Father of the Pride for NBC television.
His credits also include Nickelodeon's Tak & the Power of Juju, Cartoon Network's The Mr. Men Show, Disney's Pixie Hollow Games, NFL Rush Zone, and the NASA TV series Space Racers (which won the 2015 American Public Television award for Excellence in Broadcasting).
He is currently story-editing, directing, and voice directing the Disney XD television series Yo-kai Watch.
Awards and nominations
Daytime Emmy Awards
Emmy Awards
American Public Television Award
People's Choice Awards
Genesis Awards
Annecy Awards
Banff Rockie Awards
American Public Television Excellence in Broadcasting
Cynopsis Award