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William Joyce (b. December 11 1957) is an American author, illustrator, and filmmaker. Newsweek has called him one of the top 100 people to watch in the new millennium. His illustrations have appeared on numerous New Yorker covers and his paintings are displayed at national museums and art galleries. He lives with his wife and their two children in Shreveport, Louisiana.
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Children's literature
Joyce has written and illustrated over twenty-five children's books. Some of his best known are: George Shrinks, Santa Calls, Dinosaur Bob and his Adventures with the Family Lazardo, Rolie Polie Olie, The Leaf Men and The Brave Good Bugs, and A Day with Wilbur Robinson.
Film and television
Joyce has received three Emmys for Rolie Polie Olie, an animated series that airs on Disney Channel, based on the series of children's books he had done. His second television series, George Shrinks, airs daily on PBS stations. Joyce created conceptual characters for Pixar/Disney's feature films Toy Story (1995) and A Bug's Life (1998). In 2005 after Joyce and Ice Age director, Chris Wedge, failed to adapt one of Joyce's books to the screen Santa Calls, They both came up with the idea for the animated film, Robots (2005). He not only came up with the idea with the director, he also served as a producer and production designer. Joyce is currently in production with Fox and Blue Sky Studios on a feature based on his award winning book, The Leaf Men and the Brave Good Bugs. On March 30, 2007, Disney (the broadcasters of Rollie Polie Ollie) released Meet the Robinsons, based on his book, A Day with Wilbur Robinson.
Exhibitions
Saks Fifth Avenue
In both 1994 and 1995 Joyce designed the Christmas displays for Saks Fifth Avenue's original location.
The World of William Joyce
This exhibition is run by the National Children's Center for Illustrated Literature. It began in 1998 and is currently still traveling nationally.
Artspace
Artspace is a gallery located in Shreveport, LA that is run under the guidance of the Shreveport Regional Arts Council. Joyce serves as the Artistic Director. He has helped bring a Peter Pan Centennial exhibit, an Art of Robots exhibit, and Faces of Katrina.
Community
Joyce has recently founded the Katrinarita Gras Foundation to raise money for victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. He is selling prints of his unpublished Mardi Gras The New Yorker cover through the foundation with all profit going to aid victims.
