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Fred Wolf is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 animator
Animator

An animator is an artist who creates multiple images called frames and Key frames that form an illusion of movement called animation when rapidly displayed....
. His works include the 1967 short subject The Box, for which he won an Academy Award; television specials such as The Point!
The Point!

The Point! is a fable by United States songwriter and musician Harry Nilsson about a boy named Oblio, the only round-headed person in The Pointed Village, where by law everyone and everything had to have a point....
 and Free to Be... You and Me, and television series such as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are a fictional team of four turtle mutants, who are trained by their sensei, Splinter , in the art of Ninjutsu....
, James Bond Jr.
James Bond Jr.

James Bond Jr. is a fictional character described as the nephew of Ian Fleming's masterspy James Bond. The name "James Bond Junior" was first used in 1967 for an unsuccessful spinoff novel entitled 003?: The Adventures of James Bond Junior written under the pseudonym R....
, and Sarah Ferguson
Sarah, Duchess of York

Sarah, Duchess of York is a patron, spokesperson, writer, film producer, television personality and former member of the British Royal Family....
's Budgie the Little Helicopter
Budgie the Little Helicopter

Budgie the Little Helicopter is a series of children's books and animated TV series relating to a fictional character 'Budgie' and his friends....
. Wolf was also responsible for the famous Tootsie Pops "How Many Licks" commercial.

In the 1960s, Wolf set up a studio in Hollywood, California with Japanese-American animator Jimmy Murakami
Jimmy Murakami

Teruaki "Jimmy" Murakami, , is a Japanese American animator and film director with a long career working in numerous countries. Among his best-known works are the animated adaptations of the Raymond Briggs books When the Wind Blows and The Snowman....
 (later of The Snowman
The Snowman

The Snowman is a children's book by England author Raymond Briggs, published in 1978. In 1982, this book was turned into a 26-minute animated movie by Dianne Jackson for the fledgling Channel 4....
).






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Fred Wolf is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 animator
Animator

An animator is an artist who creates multiple images called frames and Key frames that form an illusion of movement called animation when rapidly displayed....
. His works include the 1967 short subject The Box, for which he won an Academy Award; television specials such as The Point!
The Point!

The Point! is a fable by United States songwriter and musician Harry Nilsson about a boy named Oblio, the only round-headed person in The Pointed Village, where by law everyone and everything had to have a point....
 and Free to Be... You and Me, and television series such as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are a fictional team of four turtle mutants, who are trained by their sensei, Splinter , in the art of Ninjutsu....
, James Bond Jr.
James Bond Jr.

James Bond Jr. is a fictional character described as the nephew of Ian Fleming's masterspy James Bond. The name "James Bond Junior" was first used in 1967 for an unsuccessful spinoff novel entitled 003?: The Adventures of James Bond Junior written under the pseudonym R....
, and Sarah Ferguson
Sarah, Duchess of York

Sarah, Duchess of York is a patron, spokesperson, writer, film producer, television personality and former member of the British Royal Family....
's Budgie the Little Helicopter
Budgie the Little Helicopter

Budgie the Little Helicopter is a series of children's books and animated TV series relating to a fictional character 'Budgie' and his friends....
. Wolf was also responsible for the famous Tootsie Pops "How Many Licks" commercial.

In the 1960s, Wolf set up a studio in Hollywood, California with Japanese-American animator Jimmy Murakami
Jimmy Murakami

Teruaki "Jimmy" Murakami, , is a Japanese American animator and film director with a long career working in numerous countries. Among his best-known works are the animated adaptations of the Raymond Briggs books When the Wind Blows and The Snowman....
 (later of The Snowman
The Snowman

The Snowman is a children's book by England author Raymond Briggs, published in 1978. In 1982, this book was turned into a 26-minute animated movie by Dianne Jackson for the fledgling Channel 4....
). The studio was called Murakami-Wolf Films. In 1978, animator Charles Swenson became a partner, and the company became known as Murakami-Wolf-Swenson. Both Murakami and Swenson eventually left the company, and in 1992 it became Fred Wolf Films.

In 1989, MWS established a satellite studio in Dublin
Dublin

Dublin is both the largest city and capital of Republic of Ireland. It is located near the midpoint of Ireland's east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin Region....
,Ireland
Republic of Ireland

Ireland is an Island country in north-western Europe. The modern Sovereignty state occupies about five-sixths of the island of Ireland, which was partitioned by the British on 3 May 1921....
, known as MW Dublin before eventually adopting its current name (Fred Wolf Films Dublin
Fred Wolf Films Dublin

Fred Wolf Films Dublin is an animation studio in Dublin, Ireland founded by Fred Wolf, and Jimmy Murakami . It was originally founded as MW . It later became known as MWS and even later as MWD before eventually adopting its current name....
). In this studio, each project is produced by a dedicated Irish crew.

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