William Joyce

William Edward Joyce born December 11 1959 is an American writer illustrator and filmmaker He has achieved worldwide recognition as an author artist and pioneer in the digital and animation industry He has written and illustrated over 50 childrens books and novels which have been translated into over 40 languages Joyce began his film career as a concept artist for Toy Story 1995 and has since been active in both animation and liveaction He subsequently landed credits on films including A Bugs Life 1998 and Robots 2005 His book A Day with Wilbur Robinson was adapted into the Disney film Meet the Robinsons 2007 with which he had direct involvement Among his many awards Joyce has won six Emmys three Annies and an Academy award the last being for his short film The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr Morris Lessmore 2011 Joyce was named by Newsweek magazine as one of the 100 people to watch in the new millennium His feature films all based on his books include Epic Rise of the Guardians Robots and Meet the Robinsons His television series include the animated Rolie Polie Olie for which he was creator and showrunner He has also painted numerous covers for the New Yorker Magazine His company Howdybot Studios is focused on Joyces stories in a variety of mediums and media Joyces short film Mr Spam Gets a New Hat 2022 has won awards at a number of film festivals in the US He is also in preproduction on an animated version of The Great Gatsby Both projects are in collaboration with DNEG Animation In 2022 Joyces novel Ollies Odyssey was adapted into a Netflix series titled Lost Ollie Description above from the Wikipedia article William Joyce licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia