Bill Kroyer

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William "Bill" Kroyer (born November 25, 1950 in Chicago ) is an American animator .

Life

Kroyer studied journalism at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism from the late 1960s . While still a student, he created numerous cartoons for the university newspaper and made his first film as part of a course dealing with advertising. He finished his studies in 1972 and then devoted himself to other films. Chuck Jones advised him to work as an animator. Kroyer went to Los Angeles in 1975 , where he initially worked as a live draftsman for an advertising company. He applied to Walt Disney Studios in 1976 and was eventually accepted into Disney's education program, where he studied under Eric Larson for two years . His fellow students included Brad Bird and John Musker .

After completing his apprenticeship, Kroyer was hired as an animator at Disney Studios in 1977. Films Kroyer was involved in at the time include The Donkey from Bethlehem and Cap and Capper . Kroyer left Disney and initially worked with Steven Lisberger on The Jungle Olympics . His first major project was the computer-animated film Tron , for which Kroyer served as the lead animator, and which was produced by Disney. Tron was published in 1982. From this time on, Kroyer devoted himself increasingly to computer animation and left Disney for good. After two years as a freelance animator, Kroyer joined the Digital Productions animation studio, which specializes in computer animation. Here he created, among other things, the video for Mick Jagger's Hard Woman . Croyer won a Clio Award for a commercial for LBS .

In 1986, Kroyer founded his own animation studio, Kroyer Films. The aim was to combine computer animation with traditional animation. The first so created work was 1988 Technological Threat , which he wrote with Brian Jennings . The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Animated Short Film in 1989. Numerous commercials followed, but also works for feature films like Liebling, I Shrunk the Children and The Making of Me . From 1990 to 1992 Kroyer worked with a large team on the long animation film FernGully - Christa and Zak's Adventure in the Rainforest , which cost around 22 million dollars. In 1994, Kroyer gave up his own production company and went to Warner Bros. Feature Animation , where he worked until 1996. From 1997 Kroyer was an animator at Rythythm & Hues Studios, where he was involved in films such as Cats & Dogs and Scooby-Doo . Since 2009 he has been the director of the animation department at the Dodge College of Film and Media Arts at Chapman University in Orange . Kroyer sits on the board of directors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences .

Filmography (selection)

Awards

literature

  • Kroyer, William (Bill) . In: Jeff Lenburg: Who's who in animated cartoons . Applause, New York 2006, pp. 188-190.

Web links

Commons : Bill Kroyer  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bill Kroyer: Creating the Memories . awn.com, July 22, 1995.
  2. ↑ a b Kroyer, William (Bill) . In: Jeff Lenburg: Who's who in animated cartoons . Applause, New York 2006, p. 189.
  3. ^ Ellen Wolff: Bill Kroyer's Academic Adventure . In: Animation Magazine , March 2011, pp. 33–35.
  4. ^ Dan Sarto: An Interview with Animation Director Bill Kroyer . awn.com, May 23, 2011.
personal data
SURNAME Kroyer, Bill
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kroyer, William
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American animator
DATE OF BIRTH November 25, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Chicago