Author, illustrator visits the ‘Hill, speaks to students
By Archit Kumar, Managing Editor
William Joyce, book author, production designer, and movie producer, came into movies by chance after receiving a cold call from John Lasseter, the founder of Pixar, about the prospect of doing a movie on Mr. Joyce’s book Dinosaur Bob and his Adventures with the Family Lazardo. Although Pixar decided to go with a movie based on toys, Toy Story, Mr. Joyce entered the world of animation, a process he had previously seen as tedious. The rest is history. Along with his creation of Disney channel’s Rolie Polie Olie and Toy Story, he has worked on movies such as Ice Age, A Bug’s Life, and Robots. Several of his books have been adapted into movies and television shows, including Disney/Pixar’s Meet the Robinsons, based on Mr. Joyce’s book A Day with Wilbur Robinson.
Mr. Joyce visited Greenhill and gave several presentations on Feb. 19. I got a chance to sit down with him and ask him a few questions.Read more
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