what were some accolades he won?
He won the Maverick Tribute Award  and four of his films have been included in the "Top 100 Animated Features of All Time" by The Online Film Critics Society .
Ralph Bakshi
 "Top 100 Animated Features of All Time" 
what is the lord of the rings (1978 film)? Its an animated dark fantasy adventure film. who directed this flim? Ralph Bakshi. what was his early career? Cel polisher and later cel painter. what were some of the animation projects he worked on? "Fritz the Cat" , " Heavy Traffic" and others. who directed the former mentioned? Ralph Bakshi.
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Ralph Bakshi [SEP] Accolades
In 2003, Bakshi received a Maverick Tribute Award at the Cinequest San Jose Film Festival the same year he began teaching an animation class in New Mexico - this became The Bakshi School of Animation and Cartooning, which is run by Ralph's son Edward and his partner Jess Gorell. The Online Film Critics Society released a list of the "Top 100 Animated Features of All Time" in March 2003 that included four of Bakshi's films: "Fritz the Cat", "The Lord of the Rings", "Coonskin" and "Fire and Ice". "Fritz the Cat" was ranked number 56 in the 2004 poll conducted by Britain's Channel 4 for its documentary "The 100 Greatest Cartoons".