Tom Snyder | |
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| Born | Thomas Snyder III |
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| Years active | 1978–present |
Thomas Snyder III is an American animator, writer and producer known for the Squigglevision animation technique. His first success with this method was Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist, starring Jonathan Katz.[1]
Snyder is a graduate of Swarthmore College, and as an educator he was inducted into the Association of Educational Publishers Hall of Fame.[2] In the early 1980s, Snyder's game development company, Tom Snyder Productions, developed educational software for Spinnaker Software including Snooper Troops and In Search of the Most Amazing Thing.[3] His educational work includes the series Science Court and educational computer software, such as FASTT Math. Since stepping down as chairman of "Tom Snyder Productions" he has worked on music composition and writing.
In 2011, Snyder teamed up again with Katz to create an animated web series, ExplosionBus.com. In 2016, he released a new category of audiobook called an AudioMusical. His first AudioMusical is titled Is Anyone All Right? distributed by Audible.com.
See also
- Soup2Nuts (formerly Tom Snyder Productions)
References
- New England Film Archived 2012-04-15 at the Wayback Machine
- Association of Educational Publishers Hall of Fame: Tom Snyder
- Gutman, Dan (November–December 1984). "The Computer Games Interview: In Search of Tom Snyder". Computer Games. Vol. 3, no. 4. Carnegie Publications. p. 45.
External links
- Explosion Bus official web page
- Tom Snyder game credits at MobyGames
- Tom Snyder at IMDb