| Mostly Credited As: | Rick Schneider |
| Country Of Birth: |  USA |
Over the past fifteen years Rick Schneider-Calabash has worked as an Artist, Writer, Producer and Director in both television and feature films.
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He was a Co-Creator, Head of Story and Musical Sequence Director on Warner Bros. animated film CAT’S DON’T DANCE, starring Scott Bakula and Hal Holbrook and featuring original songs by Randy Newman and Natalie Cole. “Cats” won the Annie Award for Best Picture in 1997.
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In 1998 and 1999 Rick received two Emmy nominations and won a Silver Angel Award for his work as a Producer and Director on Disney’s animated series 101 Dalmatians, starring April Winchell and Michael McKeon.
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From 1999 through 2001, Rick served as Writer, Director, and Musical Sequence Director on the Emmy Award winning series, HOUSE OF MOUSE, featuring James Woods and John Cleese, for which he won The Golden Reel Award. Also in 2001 Rick was a director on MICKEY'S MAGICAL CHRISTMAS and MICKEY'S HOUSE OF VILLIANS, two of the most successful Home Video releases that year.
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Due to Rick's expertise with Disney's classic characters, in 2002, he was recruited by Walt Disney Imagineering to act as Creative Consultant on the 3-D computer animated musical featurette, MICKEY’S PHILHARMAGIC. This unique attraction made its debut on the largest screen in the world at Disneyworld in 2003.
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Rick is currently producing a pilot for the first live-action/animated reality series, OUR CRAZY LIFE, for The Disney Channel, an animated online destination, SPLATZ ONLINE, with Firstar Films, and producing/writing and directing four computer animated family films, LITTLE LUDWIG, THE JESTER’S SON, GOOSETOWN, and THE AMAZING HENRY with the Zanuck Company.
