Bill Kroyer One of The First Computer Animators
Thursday, December 18th, 2008
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BILL KROYER is an award-winning director of animation and computer graphics commercials, short films, movie titles and theatrical films.
Trained in classical hand-drawn animation at the Disney Studio, Bill was one of the first animators to make the leap to computer animation on Disney’s ground-breaking 1982 feature, “Tron.”
“There was no software for motion when we made Tron. It didn’t exist.” ~Bill Kroyer
Founding his own company, Kroyer Films, Inc., Bill and his wife Susan pioneered the technique of combining hand-drawn animation with computer animation. Bill was Director for the theatrical animated feature film “FernGully: The Last Rainforest” and for his Academy Award® nominated short film “Technological Threat” . (more…)