Biography
William Joyce is an American writer, illustrator and filmmaker. Born in Shreveport, Louisiana, he studied film at Southern Methodist University and began his career as a children's book author and illustrator in the 1980s.
He contributed concept art to Pixar's Toy Story (1995) and A Bug's Life (1998). Joyce served as producer and production designer on the animated feature Robots (2005), which he developed with director Chris Wedge. Several of his books have been adapted into films, including Meet the Robinsons (2007). He created the television series Rolie Polie Olie and directed the Oscar-winning short The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore (2011).
