Robert Mandell is an American

United States

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 animated series and film writer

Writer

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, director

Film director

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 and producer

Film producer

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. He is a five-time NY Golden Apple Award

Golden Apple Award (education)

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 winner in graphics arts and design.

Robert Mandell is best known as the creator, producer and co-writer of the 1986-1987 animated series The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers

The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers

The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers was an American animated Space Western television series created by Robert Mandell and Gaylord Entertainment Company....

. (The "Collection1" edition of Galaxy Rangers features a 14-minute video interview with Mandell about his career as well as an audio commentary track; the "Collection 2" edition includes a "refreshingly candid" interview on the making of the series.) Later he created the 1995-1996 animated series Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders

Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders

Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders is a 1995 children's fantasy animated television series inspired by the Arthurian myths, produced by Bohbot Productions with association with Hong Ying Animation and internationally syndicated by Bohbot Entertainment.The series had two...

and wrote or co-wrote and directed its episodes. He was also a writer and executive producer

Executive producer

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 for the American version of Thunderbirds 2086

Thunderbirds 2086

is a Japanese anime series loosely inspired by the original Gerry Anderson Supermarionation series Thunderbirds. The series was dubbed in English by ITC Entertainment, the original company who produced Thunderbirds, but is not officially recognised as part of Thunderbirds canon, due to the...

(in association with Barry Gray

Barry Gray

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) and an executive producer for The King and I

The King and I (1999 film)

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and the Ace Ventura, Pet Detective animated TV series, among other credits.

As of 2010, Mandell is the Chief Creative Officer and CEO

Chief executive officer

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 of the company Red Sky Entertainment (a subsidiary of Blue Wave Entertainment), whose properties include Galaxy Rangers, Heavy Metal Pulp (a series of illustrated novels published by Tor in cooperation with Heavy Metal

Heavy Metal (magazine)

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magazine) and the Avalon: Web of Magic

Avalon: Web of Magic

Avalon: Web of Magic is a series of 12 children's fantasy novels by the American author Rachel Roberts. Some of them were also released under the title Avalon: Quest for Magic and there is a related graphic novel series, Avalon: The Warlock Diaries...

novel series, loosely based on his cartoon series Jewel Riders and produced by him. Current projects include producing a feature film based on Larry Niven

Larry Niven

Laurence van Cott Niven / ˈlæri ˈnɪvən/ is an American science fiction author. His best-known work is Ringworld , which received Hugo, Locus, Ditmar, and Nebula awards. His work is primarily hard science fiction, using big science concepts and theoretical physics...

's novel Ringworld

Ringworld

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, a feature film based on the "Avalon: Web of Magic" book series and a new TV series based on the Galaxy Rangers.

External links

• Red Sky Entertainment official website
• Robert Mandell at the Internet Movie Database
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