Fire and Ice (1983 film)

Fire and Ice
Theatrical release poster by Frank Frazetta
Directed by	Ralph Bakshi
Written by	Gerry Conway Roy Thomas
Based on	Characters by Ralph Bakshi Frank Frazetta
Produced by	Frank Frazetta Ralph Bakshi
Starring	Susan Tyrrell Maggie Roswell William Ostrander Stephen Mendel Steve Sandor
Cinematography	Francis Grumman
Edited by	A. David Marshall
Music by	William Kraft
Production companies	Aspen Productions[1] Film Finance Group[1]
Distributed by	20th Century-Fox (United States) Producers Sales Organization (International)[1]
Release dates	January 18, 1983 (1983-01-18) (Avoriaz Film Festival) August 19, 1983 (1983-08-19) (United States)
Running time	81 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1.2 million
Box office	$860,000

Fire and Ice is a 1983 American animated dark fantasy adventure film directed by Ralph Bakshi. The film, a collaboration between Bakshi and Frank Frazetta, was distributed by 20th Century-Fox. The animated feature, based on characters co-created by Bakshi and Frazetta, was made using the process of rotoscoping, in which scenes were shot in live-action and then traced onto animation cels.

The screenplay was written by Gerry Conway and Roy Thomas, both of whom had written Conan stories for Marvel Comics. The background painter was James Gurney, the author and artist of the Dinotopia illustrated novels. Iconic American painter Thomas Kinkade also worked on the backgrounds to various scenes. Peter Chung, the creator of Aeon Flux, was a layout artist.