Eric Radomski

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Eric Radomski is a producer most closely linked with Warner Bros. Animation. He is perhaps best known as co-creator and co-producer of Batman: The Animated Series.

Radomski has five individual and ten overall Emmy Nominations; twice nominated for the Annie Award and six times nominated for the Golden Reel Awards. One of his treasured nods is "Mindless Bob," a collaborative effort with "Devo" founder Mark Mothersbaugh, for which Eric was awarded "Best Experimental Film" at the Brooklyn Film Festival.

Radomski is one of the founders of phuuz entertainment inc. a new media IP development company that recently secured a 26 half hour order from the BBC of phuuz's original pre-school property, ICONICLES.

1 Early Career
2 Animation
3 Interactive Entertainment
4 References

[edit] Early Career

Radomski began his animation career in the early 80's as an Apprentice Animator at a small commercial studio in his hometown of Cleveland, Ohio. After two years animating in Ohio, Radomski headed west to join Rick Reinert Pictures and eventually became an Assistant Director on a variety of network and cable properties.

[edit] Animation

[edit] Batman The Animated Series

In the early 90's Warner Bros. hired Radomski as a background stylist on Steven Spielberg's Emmy Award-winning "Tiny Toons Adventures". When the success of Tim Burton's first Batman film prompted Warner Bros. to consider a Batman animated series. Radomski and character animator Bruce Timm each separately applied to work on the new series, and were assigned to work together on a short showcase animation, which resulted in them being made producers and put in charge of the series. Radomski came up with the idea which resulted in the "look" of the series by issuing a standing order to the animation department that all backgrounds be painted by using light colors on black paper, instead of dark colors on white paper as is the industry standard.

Eighty-five episodes later Eric won the first of three Emmy Awards. Radomski continued on with "Batman: The Animated Series" producing and directing the critically acclaimed animated feature "Batman: Mask of the Phantasm" Eric's also directed on Steven Spielberg's "Freakazoid!" for which he received his second Emmy Award.

[edit] HBO

Radomski's appetite for originality compelled him to seek new challenges outside of daytime animation, and what better place to call home than the late night world of HBO. Along with HBO executives Chris Albrecht, Carmi Zlotnik and Catherine Winder, HBO animation was born. Eric Produced and Directed two late night series for the trend setting cabler, Todd McFarlane's hugely popular "Spawn (TV series)" for which Eric received his third Emmy Award for Individual Achievement in Animation, and "Spicy City" with the Godfather of Adult animation, Ralph Bakshi.

[edit] Film Roman

Prior to returning to Warner Bros. Animation, Radomski served Film Roman as Executive Creative Director, heading the company's restructured animation development efforts. Under his tenure, Radomski broadened Film Roman’s animation spectrum with a development slate that included some of the entertainment industry’s most recognized creators: projects such as Joss Whedon's "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", Mike Meyers "Austin Powers", Norman Lear's "Till the Fat Lady Sings" and "Doomsday" with Howard Stern. One of the Founders of Level13.net (Film Roman's Internet entertainment site) Radomski shepherded the attitude and direction of this innovative development venture, working closely with young creators from around the world discovering, developing, and producing unique and original properties outside the standard Hollywood model. Two short films developed and showcased on Level 13 were so successful that they secured series status with MTV and the Sci Fi Channel.

[edit] Return to Warner Bros

Three-time Emmy Award winner Eric Radomski has completed his second season as Supervising Producer of the hit Warner Bros. Animation series, “Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue!", the top-rated animated series within the Kids' WB’s Saturday morning lineup on The CW. Prior to taking the reins of the latest Scooby-Doo incarnation, Radomski was Supervising Producer of 52 episodes of the Emmy Award winning animated series "Xiaolin Showdown", which airs on both Kids’ WB and Cartoon Network.