---
name: "William Cone"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/william-cone"
fi1m_id: "william-cone"
imdb_id: "nm0174487"
tmdb_id: 12915
wikidata_id: "Q113165168"
roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "7 July 1971"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-05T01:03:46.404024+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# William Cone

## Identity

William Cone

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/william-cone
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** william-cone
- **IMDb ID:** nm0174487
- **TMDB ID:** 12915
- **Wikidata ID:** Q113165168
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113165168, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0174487/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12915

Production designer. Born 7 July 1971 in Mesa.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 7 July 1971, Mesa
- **Active:** 1998–2017
- **Frequently works with:** [John Lasseter](https://film.one/person/john-lasseter.md), [Andrew Stanton](https://film.one/person/andrew-stanton.md), [Darla K. Anderson](https://film.one/person/darla-k-anderson.md), [Kevin Reher](https://film.one/person/kevin-reher.md), [Kiel Murray](https://film.one/person/kiel-murray.md), [Larry the Cable Guy](https://film.one/person/larry-the-cable-guy.md), [Owen Wilson](https://film.one/person/owen-wilson.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 81 (2), 2010s 58 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 73 to 73 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Animation 3, Family 3, Adventure 2, Comedy 2, Drama 1, Sport 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,245m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113165168, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0174487/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12915

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Toy Story 2*](https://film.one/film/toy-story-2.md) (89), [*A Bug's Life*](https://film.one/film/a-bugs-life.md) (73), [*Cars 3*](https://film.one/film/cars-3.md) (58)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

William Cone is an American production designer and artist at Pixar Animation Studios. He began working with the studio as a freelancer in 1992 and contributed to *Toy Story* (1995) as a CG painter and character designer.

Cone served as production designer on *A Bug's Life* (1998), *Toy Story 2* (1999), *Cars* (2006) and *Cars 3* (2017). He has also held roles including additional visual development on *Ratatouille* (2007) and set artist on *Inside Out* (2015). He has received Annie Award nominations for production design.

*Sources: imdb.com, pixar.fandom.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Cars 3* (2017), Fi1m 58, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/cars-3.md)
- *Toy Story 2* (1999), Fi1m 89, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/toy-story-2.md)
- *A Bug's Life* (1998), Fi1m 73, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/a-bugs-life.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Cars 3* (2017), Production Design — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/cars-3.md)
- *Ratatouille* (2007), Additional Effects Development — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/ratatouille.md)
- *Mater and the Ghostlight* (2006), Production Design
- *Cars* (2006), Production Design
- *Penn & Teller: Bull!* (2003), series, Actor
- *Toy Story 2* (1999), Production Design — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/toy-story-2.md)
- *A Bug's Life* (1998), Production Design — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/a-bugs-life.md)
- *Toy Story* (1995), as CG Painter · Character Designer — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/toy-story.md)

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/william-cone