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David M. Kirschner (born May 29, 1955) is an American film and television producer who often produces animated works. He is well known for his breakthrough production on the 1986 animated feature ''An American Tail'' as well as the ''Chucky'' series. ==Career== After studying at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts, Kirschner began his career designing album cover art for Neil Diamond, most notably Neil Diamond's The Jazz Singer, and illustrating characters for the ''Muppets'' and ''Sesame Street''. In 1983, Kirschner created and released children's book series ''Rose Petal Place'', which spawned two Television specials, toys, clothing and a wide array of licensed consumer products. In 1986 Kirschner created and executive produced ''An American Tail'', which was co-executive produced by Steven Spielberg, and, at its release, was the highest grossing non-Disney produced animated feature of all-time. The film was followed by its theatrical sequel ''An American Tail: Fievel Goes West'' (1991), the television series ''Fievel's American Tails'', and two direct-to-video sequels. Kirschner was appointed Chairman of Hanna-Barbera studios in 1989, where he created and executive produced many films, specials and TV shows, including ''Wake, Rattle & Roll'', ''Gravedale High'' and ''The Pirates of Dark Water''. Kirschner is also creator of the Chucky animatronic doll which is featured in the ''Chucky'' series. He has actively produced all 6 films in the franchise and is involved in development of ''Curse of Chucky'', a Direct-to-Video Movie for The Series which is made by Universal 1440 Entertainment. Other notable productions include 1997's ''Cats Don't Dance'', winner of the 25th annual Annie Award for Best Animated Feature,〔http://www.annieawards.com/25thannieawardwinners.htm〕 2006's ''Curious George'', based upon the book series of the same name ''The Martian Child'', and Golden Globe-nominated ''Miss Potter''. His recent work includes; Executive Producer on 6-time Emmy Award Nominated, 2-time Emmy Award Winning Curious George (now in its ninth Season), ''Hocus Pocus 2: Rise of the Elder Witch'' (In-Development for Disney), ''Revenge of Chucky'' (In Pre-Production for Universal 1440 Entertainment), ''Random'' (In Pre-Production for The Weinstein Company) and ''Garden District'' (In-Development for Dimension Films). Kirschner is currently head of his own production company, David Kirschner Productions. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「David Kirschner」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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