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William Kroyer is an American director of animation and computer graphics commercials, short films, movie titles, and theatrical films. He and Jerry Rees were the main animators for the CGI sequences in Tron. He is currently the head of the Digital Arts department at Lawrence and Kristina Dodge College of Film and Media Arts at Chapman University.
Bill Kroyer is a nominated Oscar-winning animator and director who worked on films like Tron, FernGully, and The Green Mile. He also directed CG characters in blockbuster movies like The Monkey King and Garfield.
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Kroyer Films, Inc. was a pioneering animation studio formed in 1986 by animator Bill Kroyer and his wife Susan Kroyer and is one of the earliest studios to combine computer and hand-drawn animation. Kroyer Films became dormant after 1994 and was ultimately dissolved on January 7, 2022.
Bill Kroyer. Director: FernGully: The Last Rainforest. Bill Kroyer was nominated for an Academy Award for his short film Technological Threat, the first film to combine 2D and CG animated characters.
Animator Bill Kroyer talked to the Guardian in 2023, and he revealed the complex graph paper-based mapping system his technicians needed to employ to get the visuals on film.
May 23, 2011 · Bill Kroyer, animation director, teacher and one of the board of governors of the Motion Picture Academy, shares his thoughts on the original Tron, where it broke new ground and what impact it had on the computer animation field.
Aug 24, 2022 · Bill Kroyer, the director of the 1992 animated film FernGully: The Last Rainforest, talks about the 30th anniversary edition and the handmade art of the movie. He also reveals some interesting facts about the film, such as the amount of art and paint used, and the mission to represent the Australian rainforest.
