Philip Roman (born December 21, 1930 in Fresno, California), is an animator. He is the founder of the Film Roman animation studio.
Early in his career, Roman was as an animator for Chuck Jones's independent studios, Sib Tower 12 Productions and later Chuck Jones Productions. He was a lead animator for 1966's How The Grinch Stole Christmas, and also provided an audio commentary along with June Foray on the DVD release of the film. He is producer o...
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Philip Roman (born December 21, 1930 in Fresno, California), is an animator. He is the founder of the Film Roman animation studio.
Early in his career, Roman was as an animator for Chuck Jones's independent studios, Sib Tower 12 Productions and later Chuck Jones Productions. He was a lead animator for 1966's How The Grinch Stole Christmas, and also provided an audio commentary along with June Foray on the DVD release of the film. He is producer of the long running animated series The Simpsons and a pre-series trailer for Soap On The Range. He also worked as director for a few Peanuts specials, as well as directing or co-directing 12 of the 13 prime-time Garfield TV specials from 1982 to 1991 (the final one, Garfield Gets a Life, he only produced).
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