Jules Bass
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Jules Bass (September 16, 1935 - October 25, 2022) was an American director, producer, composer, and author, best known for the stop-motion holiday classics he created with partner Arthur Rankin, Jr.

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Monte Carlo (2011)
Novel
The Year Without a Santa Claus (2006)
Lyricist
The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus (1985)
Director | Writer | Producer
The Wind in the Willows (1983)
Director | Producer | Music | Lyricist
The Coneheads (1983)
Producer | Director
The Sins of Dorian Gray (1983)
Producer
The Last Unicorn (1982)
Director | Producer
The Flight of Dragons (1982)
Director | Producer | Lyricist
The Leprechauns' Christmas Gold (1981)
Director | Producer | Lyricist
The Bushido Blade (1981)
Executive Producer
Pinocchio's Christmas (1980)
Director | Producer | Lyricist
The Return of the King (1980)
Director | Producer
The Ivory Ape (1980)
Executive Producer
Jack Frost (1979)
Director | Producer | Lyricist
Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July (1979)
Director | Producer
The Stingiest Man in Town (1978)
Director | Producer
The Bermuda Depths (1978)
Producer | Lyricist
Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey (1977)
Director | Producer | Music | Lyricist
The Hobbit (1977)
Director | Producer | Lyricist
The Last Dinosaur (1977)
Producer | Lyricist
The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town (1977)
Director | Producer | Lyricist
The Little Drummer Boy Book II (1976)
Writer | Director | Producer
Rudolph's Shiny New Year (1976)
Director | Producer
Frosty's Winter Wonderland (1976)
Director | Producer
The First Easter Rabbit (1976)
Director | Writer | Lyricist | Producer
The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow (1975)
Director | Writer | Producer
The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974)
Director | Producer | Lyricist
'Twas the Night Before Christmas (1974)
Director | Lyricist | Producer
Marco (1973)
Producer
That Girl in Wonderland (1973)
Director | Lyricist
A Christmas Tree (1972)
Director
The Red Baron (1972)
Director | Producer
Jack O'Lantern (1972)
Director
Willie Mays and the Say-Hey Kid (1972)
Director | Producer
The Mad, Mad, Mad Monsters (1972)
Director | Producer
Hans Christian Andersen's The Emperor's New Clothes (1972)
Director | Producer | Lyricist
Here Comes Peter Cottontail (1971)
Director | Producer | Lyricist
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (1970)
Director | Producer | Lyricist
The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians (1970)
Director
Frosty the Snowman (1969)
Director | Producer
The Little Drummer Boy (1968)
Director | Producer | Lyricist
The Mouse on the Mayflower (1968)
Director | Producer
Cricket on the Hearth (1967)
Director | Lyricist
The Wacky World of Mother Goose (1967)
Director | Music | Songs
Mad Monster Party? (1967)
Director | Producer | Lyricist
Ballad of Smokey the Bear (1966)
Co-Producer
The Daydreamer (1966)
Director | Lyricist | Songs
Willy McBean and His Magic Machine (1965)
Associate Producer
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964)
Producer
Return to Oz (1964)
Producer