Ralph Bakshi He started in animation working on
Ralph Bakshi's animated feature
Lord of the Rings as a "roto-photo" artist while in high school. He then worked as an assistant animator and eventually animated (roto-scoped) several scenes and was given animator credit on the finished film. He worked for Bakshi on and off for years on films including
American Pop and
Fire and Ice (as animation director and character designer) working alongside
Frank Frazetta and
Cool World (as Key Animator on Holli and Lonette).
Marvel Gordon was one of the directors on the first
Marvel/
Lionsgate direct-to-video films,
Ultimate Avengers, as well as the character designer for that project and its sequel. He was also one of the directors for the TV series
Wolverine and the X-Men. He directed the direct-to-DVD film
Stan Lee presents: The Condor featuring
Wilmer Valderrama. He was an uncredited storyboard artist on the feature film
Terminator Salvation and a director on the
second animated TV show The Avengers for Marvel and Starz.
Later career In 2009, he co-directed the direct-to-video sequel to ''
Happily N'ever After at Vanguard Animation alongside Boyd Kirkland. It was called Happily N'ever After 2: Snow White Another Bite @ The Apple'' and it turned out to be a hit on DVD. Over one million copies were sold. He worked as Supervising Director on
Voltron Force airing on
Nicktoons for Kickstart and WEP Productions. He was one of the directors for
Pigs Next Door, an un-aired animated series produced by
Saban Productions featuring the voices of
John Goodman and
Jaime Lee Curtis. He was the animation director, storyboard artist, key animator and character designer on
The Swan Princess. He also worked on
Space Jam: A New Legacy. In addition, he worked on
Tom and Jerry: The Movie and with the company of
Don Bluth on
Anastasia and
Titan A.E.. He illustrates a
webcomic based on
The Eternal Savage, available on the website of
Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. In February 2013, Sequential Pulp Comics, a
graphic novel imprint distributed by
Dark Horse Comics announced that Gordon was one of the illustrators of
Jungle Tales of Tarzan, written by Martin Powell. ==Filmography==