Carl F. Macek (21 September, 1951 – 17 April, 2010) Macek was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was an American writer, producer, and creator of the Robotech franchise.
He graduated from Cal State Fullerton in 1974 with a bachelor's degree in the theory and criticism of visual media.
Carreer
Before Robotech
Robotech and Harmony Gold USA
Carl Macek came to public attention in 1985 as the producer and story editor of the influential animated television series Robotech, which he produced for Harmony Gold USA. Robotech is considered one of the titles most responsible for igniting the third wave of anime fandom in North America and internationally. Macek intended to produce a sequel to Robotech, dubbed, Robotech II: The Sentinels, but this project was canceled due to a number of circumstances (which are explained in detail in Roboech Art 3). While at Harmony Gold, Macek also produced the little-known, rarely seen Captain Harlock and the Queen of a Thousand Years (which combines the almost-unrelated stories of Space Pirate Captain Harlock and Queen Millennia).
After Harmony Gold
Macek went on to co-found (with Jerry Beck) Streamline Pictures in 1988. Joining him were writers who had worked with him on Robotech, most notably, Steve Kramer, Tom Wyner, Gregory Snegoff and Ardwight Chamberlain, each of whom are also experienced voice actors. Streamline Pictures was one of the first American companies to successfully deal in the regular production of imported Japanese animation. Among the titles released by Streamline are "Lensman", "Robot Carnival", "Doomed Megalopolis", "Twilight of the Cockroaches", "Crying Freeman", "Wicked City", and the original English dub versions of Hayao Miyazaki's "Laputa: Castle in the Sky", the "Fist of the North Star" film, "Akira", "Lupin III: Castle of Cagliostro", and "Lupin III: Mystery of Mamo'". As of 1993, Streamline Pictures distributed their anime through Orion Pictures and was eventually purchased by Orion in 1996. Both companies are now defunct.
He was working as a scriptwriter for the English dub of Naruto and Bleach for Viz Media, and consulting for Harmony Gold on Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles before his death.
Death
Macek died of a heart attack in Topanga, California, USA, as confirmed by his former business partner Jerry Beck (Cartoon Brew - Carl Macek 1951-2010 ).
External Links
- SFGATE's announcement of Macek's death
- Carl Macek's profile page at Voice Chasers
- Carl Macek's profile page at Behind the Voice Actors
- Carl Macek's proflie page at IMDB.
- Carl Macek article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
- Carl Macek's profile page at ANN