Robert Mandell
Robert Mandell is an American animated series and film writer, director and producer. Mandell headed New Frontier Productions/New Frontier Entertainment and Red Sky Entertainment. He is now the head of the company Voyager.
Robert Mandell is best known as the creator, producer and co-writer of the 1986–1987 animated series The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers. Later he created the 1995–1996 animated series Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders and wrote or co-wrote and directed its episodes. He was also a writer and executive producer for the American version of Thunderbirds 2086 and an executive producer for The King and I and the Ace Ventura, Pet Detective animated TV series, among other credits.
As of 2011, Mandell has been the Chief Creative Officer and CEO of the company Red Sky Entertainment, whose properties include Galaxy Rangers, Heavy Metal Pulp and the novel series, loosely based on his cartoon series Jewel Riders and produced by him. Projects included producing a TV series based on Larry Niven's novel Ringworld, as well as a two-volume manga adaptation based on Ringworld, a film adaptation of the Avalon book series, and a re-imagined live action TV series based on the Galaxy Rangers.
