The Fox and the Hound

Richard Rich is an American director and producer of animation and one of the few animation directors who has never participated as an animator. Rich is founder and owner of Crest Animation Productions. Rich started his career in the mailroom of the Walt Disney Studios but worked his way up to... first assistant director. He made his directorial debut on The Fox and the Hound and later directed The Black Cauldron. Rich departed from Disney in 1986 and established Rich Animation Studios, later re-named RichCrest. He directed The Swan Princess in 1994 which led-up to two sequels. Besides feature films, Rich has produced direct-to-video series such as Animated Stories from the New Testament, Animated Stories from the Bible, Animated Stories from The Book of Mormon, Animated Hero Classics and K10C: Kids' Ten Commandments. His most recent credit is as producer on the computer-animated comedy drama film Alpha and Omega.
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Ted Berman was an American film director, animator, and screenwriter, known for his work with Disney, including Bambi, Fantasia, and the critically acclaimed The Black Cauldron, among many others. Prior to working with Disney, Berman studied at the Chouinard Art Institute, after growing up wanting... to become an artist. Joining Disney in the 1940s, Berman started off as an animator, but focused on writing and directing in his later years. Berman was also a fine-arts painter. He died in 2001 at his home due to natural causes, survived by his wife and children.
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Arthur "Art" Stevens was an animator for The Walt Disney Company. Art started work as an inbetweener on Fantasia. When Art retired in 1983 after forty-three years he had worked in all branches of the animation department. Art's first screen credit as an animator was on Peter Pan in 1953. Art... contributed his masterful storyboard and animation talents in many Disney cartoon shorts and feature films including Ward Kimball's unit and the critically acclaimed Man in Space, Man and the Moon and Mars and Beyond space shows. Additionally, Art was one of the key animators on the Oscar-winning shorts Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom and It's Tough to Be a Bird. Over the years Art's expertise, warmth and generosity of spirit enriched the lives and careers of many young artists who had the privilege of knowing and working with him. Art retired after producing and directing Disney's The Fox and the Hound and contributing story work for The Black Cauldron. He is survived by his wife Penny, sons Craig and Kent, and grandchildren Julie, Kyle, Scott and Nicholas.
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