Jules Bass

About

Writer, film and television director, and producer best known for his stop-motion animation work with Arthur Rankin, Jr. He served as executive producer for a 1980s animated television series called Thundercats.

Before Fame

After graduating from New York University, he began a production company called Videocraft International, which later became Rankin/Bass.

Trivia

He wrote a series of children's books focusing on a vegetable-eating dragon named Herb. He adapted multiple works by legendary author J.R.R. Tolkien.

Family Life

He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Associated With

He and screenwriter Deborah Kaplan both studied at New York University.