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Thomas R.Reich: Cartoon Explosion

ANIMATION HISTORY Tom has worked with Technicolor to develop a State of the Art method to bring animation back to the brilliance and vibrancies of today’s animation.  This has translated Tom Reich’s products into millions of units sold throughout the world in such retailers as Wal-Mart, Best Buy, and Target to name a few. Tom has researched and brought back heavily damaged and rare lost cartoons back to commercial quality with over 400 film restorations of “Famous Studios”, “Van Buern Studios” and Fleischer Studios” with such creations as Popeye, Superman and Casper.  Tom has restored the only completed version of Gulliver’s Travels.  Tom’s “Feel the Sound” process which is used in his film restoration was developed by Tom and Dolby.  Tom developed a style of Foley Animation sound effects with two time Academy Award Winner, Mike Keeping.  This has the organic sound effects to seamlessly mix with the original sound effects that was done in the 1930’s, bringing them into the modern standards. 

LICENSES & CERTIFICATIONS NARIS (The Recording Academy) 21 years Voting Member DGA (Directors Guild of America) NAB (National Association of Broadcasters) PSA (Photographic Society of America) PHD Ichthyology
AWARDS 2006 –  Video Industry Award (VIA) with over 7 million copies sold of “Superman” 2002 –  Nominated for the ACE Award
2000 – Producer of the Year, CAPS (Classic Animation Preservation Society). 1999 –  Roger Ebert, Video Pick Of the Month, “Gulliver’s Travels”  60th Anniversary 1997 –  Crystal Reel Award for Best Music Video or Documentary 1997 –  Award of Merit, National Association of DVD Arts, “Cartoon Crazys” 1994 –  Dance Label of the Year, Dixie Dance Association
1993 –  Radio Active Gold Fish 1993 –  Label of the Year, Bassin Distributors 1992 –  Crystal Reel Award, Years Best Documentary, The War Begins 1991 –  Two (2) Grammy Nominations for the Cover Art Director “Bass is the Name Game”.  The artist was D. J. Magic Mike. 1991 – Tom broke the Billboard Black Album Chart for 68 weeks, beating out Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” album. 1991 – Crystal Reel Award, Years Best Music Video, Subhuman Minds 1984-1998. Awarded for among other things, Production, Writing, Management and promotion. 1991 –  Independent Label of the Year, Billboard Magazine 1991-1994 12 Apex Golden Reel Awards of Excellence, various projects 1992 Rap Label of the Year, Billboard Magazine 1984-1998 Over 60 RIAA Certified, Gold and Platinum Records for music ranging from Dance to Rap and then to Rock and Easy listening.