Richard Starzak
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- January 1, 1959, Suffolk, England, UK
- Movies
- 15
Richard Starzak, previously known as Richard "Golly" Goleszowski, is an English animator.
Starzak was born in Suffolk in 1959 and grew up in Ipswich, attending Northgate Grammar School. After completing a degree in Fine Art at Exeter College of Art and Design specialising in animation, he experimented further with animation and DJ-ing before joining Aardman Animations in 1983 as its first employee.
During his first nine-year stretch at Aardman he worked on several short films and promos including "Morph", "Sledgehammer" for Peter Gabriel, Pee-Wee's Playhouse in New York, his own film Ident (1989), which introduced the character Rex, and two Rex the Runt pilot films. His commercial work includes Domestos Big Dom, Grolsch, Cadbury’s Creme Eggs, Weetos and Maltesers and several European commercials.
Best-Known Movies
Shaun the Sheep Movie
2015
Shaun the Sheep: The Farmer's Llamas
2015
The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb
1993
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
2015
Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire
1999
Ident
1990
Wallace & Gromit: The Best of Aardman Animation
1996
Rex the Runt: Dreams
1991
Rex the Runt: How Dinosaurs Became Extinct
1991
Shaun the Sheep: One Giant Leap for Lambkind
2010
Filmography
| 2015 | A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman | Self - Creative Director of 'Shaun the Sheep' |
| 1998 | Why Bristol? | |
| 1993 | The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb | Voice |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2015 | Shaun the Sheep: The Farmer's Llamas | Writer |
| 2015 | Shaun the Sheep Movie | Writer, Director |
| 2010 | Shaun the Sheep: One Giant Leap for Lambkind | Director |
| 2005 | Creature Comforts: Merry Christmas Everybody! | Director |
| 1999 | Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire | Director |
| 1999 | Les chefs-d’œuvre du Studio Aardman | Director |
| 1996 | Wallace & Gromit: The Best of Aardman Animation | Director |
| 1996 | Rex the Runt: North by North Pole | Director |
| 1991 | Rex the Runt: How Dinosaurs Became Extinct | Director, Writer |
| 1991 | Rex the Runt: Dreams | Writer, Director |
| 1990 | Ident | Director, Writer |
| 1987 | Barefootin' | Director |
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