Charles Grosvenor

Charles Grosvenor (born June 2, 1952) is an American film director.

For other people named Charles Grosvenor, see Charles Grosvenor (disambiguation).

Early work

Originally from Hillsdale, New Jersey, he moved to Los Angeles in 1978 to work in the animation industry, at a time when most of the work was still being done in the US. His first job was for Hanna-Barbera, as a model designer on The Buford Files. He soon joined the layout department and quickly advanced to crew chief, and ultimately to head of layout, thereby having a hand in every Hanna-Barbera show that was produced in those years, including Richie Rich and The Smurfs.

Evolving into direction

With Yogi's Treasure Hunt, Grosvenor made the move to directing. His success at that effort led to more directing assignments, including some of the first long form (an hour or more) animated shows, beginning with The Good, the Bad, and Huckleberry Hound. He graduated to feature film directing with Hanna-Barbera's Once Upon a Forest.[1][2][3][4]

Current work

When Hanna-Barbera was absorbed by Warner Bros., Grosvenor moved to MGM, where he directed yet another incarnation of The Pink Panther as well as an animated feature based on Babes in Toyland. In 1997, he joined Universal Cartoon Studios (later renamed Universal Animation Studios), taking over the highly successful The Land Before Time direct-to-video series,[1] beginning with The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island. As of 2006 he has produced and directed an additional seven sequels (The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire, The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze, The Land Before Time IX: Journey to Big Water, The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration, The Land Before Time XI: Invasion of the Tinysauruses, and The Land Before Time XII: The Great Day of the Flyers), in addition to overseeing 26 half-hours of a television series based on the movies. While critical reception of the series has varied (many of the first sequels received lukewarm to negative reviews, while the latter sequels received more positive reviews), the series has gained a loyal fanbase.

Filmography

Television series
Year Title Notes
1978-1979Godzillalayout artist
1980The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Showlayout artist/character designer
1981-1986The Smurfslayout artist/story director/associate producer
1981The Kwicky Koala Showlayout artist
1982Pac-Manlayout artist
1983The Dukeslayout supervisor
The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Showlayout supervisor
1985The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doolayout supervisor
Galtar and the Golden Lancelayout supervisor
The Jetsonslayout supervisor
Snorkslayout supervisor
1985-1986Paw Pawslayout supervisor
1986Yogi's Treasure Huntassociate producer
1987Popeye and Sonstory director/key layout artist/producer
1989Fantastic Maxstoryboard artist/producer
The Further Adventures of SuperTedstoryboard artist/producer
1994Animaniacsstoryboard artist
Beavis and Butt-Headstoryboard artist
1995The Pink Pantherdirector/producer
1998Mad Jack the Piratestoryboard artist/layout designer
2000Capertown Copsstoryboard artist
2007-2008The Land Before Timeproducer
2009Curious Georgestoryboard artist
Angelina Ballerina: The Next Stepsstoryboard artist
2010-2011Bob the Builderstoryboard artist
2012-2013Peter Rabbitstoryboards
2012–presentDoc McStuffinsstoryboard artist

Film
Year Title Notes
2004The Land Before Time XI: Invasion of the Tinysaurusesdirector/producer

References

  1. Beck, Jerry (2005-10-28). The Animated Movie Guide. Chicago Review Press. p. 184. ISBN 978-1-56976-222-6.
  2. "Once Upon a Forest". Time Out London. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
  3. "Uninspired 'Once Upon a Forest' Covers Old Ground". Los Angeles Times. 1993-06-18. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
  4. "Once Upon a Forest (G)". www.washingtonpost.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-26. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
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