Bill Kroyer

Bill Kroyer

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Awards
3 wins, 4 nominations

Bill Kroyer was nominated for an Academy Award for his short film Technological Threat, the first film to combine 2D and CG animated characters. He directed Ferngully, The Last Rainforest, as well as dozens of commercials and animated feature film credit sequences. As Señior Animation Director at…

Biography

Bill Kroyer was nominated for an Academy Award for his short film Technological Threat, the first film to combine 2D and CG animated characters. He directed Ferngully, The Last Rainforest, as well as dozens of commercials and animated feature film credit sequences. As Señior Animation Director at Rhythm & Hues studios he directed CG characters in films the grossed over $1 billion worldwide. In 2017 he and his wife Susan were the first couple to receive The International Animation Society's prestigious June Foray award.

Additional Crew

Troop Beverly HillsTroop Beverly Hills(1989)
The Sting IIThe Sting II(1983)

Self

Prop CultureProp Culture(2020)as Self
46th Annual Annie Awards(2019)as Self - Host
Front Row FlynnFront Row Flynn(2018)as Self - Moderator
Festival Road TripFestival Road Trip(2008)as Self - Gov. AMPAS, Short Films & Feature Animation Branch
From Paper to Tree(2005)as Self

Known for

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Bill Kroyer in FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992)Bill Kroyer