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{{Short description|American animator, writer and producer (born 1950)}}
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'''Thomas Snyder III''' (born 1949) 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]].<ref>[http://www.newenglandfilm.com/news/archives/98december/squigglevision.htm New England Film] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415032849/http://www.newenglandfilm.com/news/archives/98december/squigglevision.htm |date=2012-04-15 }}</ref>

Snyder is a graduate of [[Swarthmore College]], and as an educator he was inducted into the [[Association of Educational Publishers|Association of Educational Publishers Hall of Fame]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071218211451/http://www.aepweb.org/fame/tsnyder.htm Association of Educational Publishers Hall of Fame: Tom Snyder]</ref> 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==
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==External links==
* [http://WWW.EXPLOSIONBUS.COM Explosion Bus] official web page
* [http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,14930/ Tom Snyder] game credits at [[MobyGames]]
* {{IMDb name|0811572|Tom Snyder}}

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[[Category:1949 births]]
[[Category:American animated film producers]]
[[Category:American television producers]]
[[Category:American video game designers]]
[[Category:American video game programmers]]
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[[Category:Swarthmore College alumni]]
[[Category:Squigglevision]]
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[[Category:American television show creators]]

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