Kroyer Films

Kroyer Films, Inc.

Industry	Animation Computer animation
Founded	1986
Founder	Bill Kroyer and Susan Kroyer
Defunct	January 7, 2022
Fate	Dissolved
Headquarters	Hollywood, California, United States
Products	Animated feature films

Kroyer Films, Inc. was a pioneering animation studio formed in 1986 by animator Bill Kroyer and his wife Susan Kroyer and is one of the earliest studios to combine computer and hand-drawn animation. ^[1] Kroyer Films became dormant after 1994 and was ultimately dissolved on January 7, 2022.

Productions

Kroyer Films produced the Oscar-nominated short film Technological Threat and the 20th Century Fox feature film FernGully: The Last Rainforest . ^{[2] [3]} It also produced the animation for the 1994 video game Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure . ^[4]

Legacy

The Academy Film Archive preserved Technological Threat in 2013. ^[5]

Filmography

Films

• Technological Threat (1988) (Oscar nomination) ^{[6] [7]}
• Troop Beverly Hills (1989) (title animation with Spümcø)
• Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989) (title animation)
• The Making of Me (1989) (animation on the sperm with Walt Disney Animation Studios)
• Christmas Vacation (1989) (title animation)
• Jetsons: The Movie (1990) (vehicle animation)
• FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992)
• Tom and Jerry: The Movie (1992) (computer animation)
• The Thief and the Cobbler (1993) (additional animation)
• Son of the Pink Panther (1993) (title animation)
• Asterix Conquers America (1994) (additional animation)

TV Series

• Bobby's World (1990) (title animation)
• Widget the World Watcher (1990) (character designs)
• Computer Warriors (1990) (TV pilot)

Video Game

• Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure (1994) (original animation)

See also

• Wavefront Technologies
• Silicon Graphics
• Robert Abel & Associates
• Alias Research
• Pixar RenderMan
• Symbolics Graphics Division
• Apple Macintosh
• Digital Productions
• Softimage 3D

References

1. William Kroyer|Faculty Profile|Chapman University
2. "Bill Kroyer". Art of the Title. Archived from the original on April 5, 2024.
3. Tattoli, Chantel (July 16, 2018). "Robin Williams's Best Role". The Paris Review. Archived from the original on April 5, 2024.
4. Kroyer, Bill. "What links, classic Disney animation and Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure?". Eurogamer (Interview). Interviewed by John Linneman. Archived from the original on April 5, 2024.
5. "Preserved Projects". Academy Film Archive. Archived from the original on January 19, 2024.
6. Short Film Winners: 1989 Oscars
7. "The 61st Academy Awards – 1989". Oscars.org. Archived from the original on March 11, 2024.

External links

• Kroyer Films at IMDb
• Selected Art of the Title articles about Bill Kroyer's title sequences