Phillip Roger Vischer (born June 16, 1966) is an American animator, puppeteer, writer, voice actor and songwriter known for creating the computer-animated video series VeggieTales alongside Mike Nawrocki. He provides the voice of Bob the Tomato in the series. He was born June 16, 1966 in Muscatine, Iowa and grew-up in Chicago, Illinois and attended St. Paul Bible College.
Vischer founded GRAFx Studios 1989, after buying animation software,
in order to produce animated commercials and logos. That same year he
animated and directed Mr. Cuke's Screen Test featuring Larry the Cucumber. In 1993, he teamed up with Mike Nawrocki, whom he had met earlier while working in a puppet club, and started Big Idea Productions (now Big Idea Entertainment) to create VeggieTales.
From 1993 to 2002, Vischer led the company as lead director and writer. In 2003 (after the release of Jonah) Big Idea went bankrupt, and Vischer sold the company to Classic Media (now DreamWorks Classics) and left the company.
In 2005 he started Jellyfish Labs, a new creative workshop where he produces faith-based projects. In 2007 Vischer expanded the company by launching JellyTelly. Starting in 2010, Vischer produced What's In The Bible,
a direct-to-DVD video series using puppetry and animation to present
biblical material using a news-broadcast format and puppet characters.
Vischer still works on VeggieTales as a scriptwriter and voice actor, as well as serving as Big Idea's president under a contract by DreamWorks Classics. He currently lives in Wheaton, Illinois with his wife Lisa and two daughters, Sydney and Shelby, and his son, Jeremy. Vischer has hosted a weekly podcast discussing life in a post-Christian America since 2012. The podcast, co-hosted by Christianity Today editor Skye Jethani and actress Christian Taylor, ranks in the top 100 podcasts regularly.
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