Illustrator, author, moviemaker William Bill Joyce establishing new company: Moonbot Studios, Shreveport

Bohdon Sayre, Luke Heathcock, Bill Joyce, Adam Volker: Moonbot Studios, Shreveport
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After success as a children's author-illustrator and producer of TV shows based on his books (Rolie Polie Olie,George Shrinks, etc), William Joyce has become successful as a moviemaker.

He aided John Lasseter in the epochal movies Toy Story (1995) and Bug's Life (1998).

He directed and produced the animated feature Robots (2005) and the Disney production of Meet the Robinsons (2008).

Today he is building an animation company in Shreveport called Moonbot Studios.

Their first product, a short called The Fantastic Flying Books of Morris Lessmore, is currently an entrant in the competition of the Santa Barbara Intl Film Fest.

He attended Byrd HS and SMU, where he studied film.

His influences include the film The Wizard of Oz, the illustrators Maurice Sendak and NC Wyeth and 1950's sci-fi literature.