William Joyce (writer)

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William Joyce
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Joyce promoting The Man in the Moon in November 2011
BornWilliam Edward Joyce
(1959-12-11) December 11, 1959 (age 64)
Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S.
Occupation
  • Author
  • illustrator
  • filmmaker
Education Southern Methodist University
Years active1981–present
SpouseFrances Elizabeth Baucum Joyce (1960-2016)
Children2
Signature
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Website
williamjoyce.com

William Edward Joyce (born December 11, 1959) is an American writer, illustrator, and filmmaker. He has achieved worldwide recognition as an author, artist and pioneer in the digital and animation industry. [1] [2]

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He has written and illustrated over 50 children’s books and novels which have been translated into over 40 languages.

Joyce began his film career as a concept artist for Toy Story (1995), and has since been active in both animation and live-action. He subsequently landed credits on the films including A Bug's Life (1998) and Robots (2005). His book A Day with Wilbur Robinson was adapted into the Disney film Meet the Robinsons (2007), with which he had direct involvement.

Among his many awards, Joyce has won six Emmys, three Annies, and an Academy award, the last being for his short film The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore (2011).

Joyce was named by Newsweek magazine as “one of the 100 people to watch in the new millennium. [3] His feature films, all based on his books, include Epic , Rise of the Guardians , Robots, and Meet the Robinsons. His television series include the animated Rolie Polie Olie , for which he was creator and showrunner.

He has also painted numerous covers for the New Yorker Magazine . His company, Howdybot Studios, is focused on Joyce's stories in a variety of mediums and media. Joyce's short film Mr. Spam Gets a New Hat (2022) has won awards at a number of film festivals in the U.S. He is also in pre-production on an animated version of TheGreat Gatsby. Both projects are in collaboration with DNEG Animation.

In 2022, Joyce's novel Ollie's Odyssey was adapted into a Netflix series titled Lost Ollie . [4]

Career

Children's literature

Joyce has written and illustrated over 50 children's books including George Shrinks , Santa Calls, Dinosaur Bob and His Adventures with the Family Lazardo, Rolie Polie Olie , The Leaf Men and the Brave Good Bugs, A Day with Wilbur Robinson, The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore, The Guardians of Childhood series, and many others.

Joyce's first book Tammy and the Gigantic Fish by James and Katherine Gray was published by Harper & Row (now Harper Collins) in 1983. After the retirement of his longtime editor Laura Gerringer, in 2011 Joyce moved his backlist and all subsequent books to Simon & Schuster, where his editor is Caitlyn Dlouhy.

Since being at Simon & Schuster, Joyce has produced a number of bestselling titles, including The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore which debuted at Number 1 on the New YorkTimes bestseller list in July 2012, a position it held for several weeks. Morris Lessmore has been translated into over 40 languages and was named by Time Magazine as one of the 100 best children's books of all time. Morris Lessmore is the most expansive and experimental of Joyce’s stories. With his company Moonbot Studios, Joyce along with his partners, produced the Lessmore story in a variety of media and mediums simultaneously. A short film was in production (using handmade miniature sets) while the book was being illustrated (along with Joe Bluhm) and an interactive story app was being devised.

The story app of Morris Lessmore received overwhelmingly positive attention and in August 2011 briefly dislodged Angry Birds as the bestselling app in the world. It was voted into the app hall of fame soon after. [5]

Film and television

The Canadian children's series Rolie Polie Olie and George Shrinks are both based on Joyce's books. He has received three additional Emmys for other animated projects.

Joyce created conceptual characters for the Disney/Pixar feature films Toy Story (1995) and A Bug's Life (1998). In 2001, Pixar founder John Lasseter introduced Joyce to animation director Chris Wedge. At this time, Wedge’s fledging animation studio Blue Sky Studios was completing the short film Bunny and intended to begin developing feature animated films, which they soon did with the Ice Age franchise.

In 2002, Joyce and Wedge conceptualized the film Robots while attempting to adapt the former's book Santa Calls into a feature film. In the final film, Joyce is credited as a producer and production designer. [6]

In 2005, Joyce and Reel FX launched a joint venture, Aimesworth Amusements, to produce feature films, video games and books. [7] The new company announced plans to make three feature films: [8] The Guardians of Childhood, The Mischevians, and Dinosaur Bob and His Adventures with the Family Lazardo. [9] The first of those projects, The Guardians of Childhood was developed by DreamWorks Animation into the feature film, Rise of the Guardians . It was released in 2012 and is based on Joyce's book series and the short film Man in the Moon, directed by Joyce. [10] Joyce was originally slated to direct the film, however early in the production his daughter Mary Katherine, his wife Elizabeth, and his sister Cecile were diagnosed with terminal illnesses. He continued on as an executive producer along with his friend Guillermo del Toro. At the beginning of the end credits, Dreamworks dedicated the film to Mary, who died before the film's release.

In 2007, Disney released Meet the Robinsons , a feature film based on Joyce's book A Day with Wilbur Robinson . Joyce served as co-executive producer and production designer, and wrote several drafts of the screenplay.

In August 2009, Joyce and Reel FX co-founder Brandon Oldenburg and producers Lampton Enoch and Alyssa Kantrow founded a Shreveport-based animation and visual effects studio MOONBOT Studios. [11] The studio produced an Oscar-winning animated short film [12] and an iPad app [13] The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore . The short film went on to win an Academy award. A book adaption was released in summer 2012. [14] The studio released in January 2012 another app, The Numberlys. A short film and a bestselling book followed soon after. The Numberlys film was short listed for the 2012 Academy Awards animated short film Oscar. [15]

In 2013, Blue Sky Studios adapted Joyce's book The Leaf Menand the Brave Good Bugs into the film Epic , with him serving as writer, executive producer, and production designer. [16]

In 2021, Joyce wrote and directed the short film Mr. Spam Gets a New Hat with the visual effects company DNEG. DNEG also announced they would be producing a feature animated film adaptation of The Great Gatsby , directed by Joyce and written by Brian Selznick. [17]

In 2022, Joyce's novel Ollie's Odyssey was adapted into an animated series of the same name.

Awards and accolades

Joyce in March 2012 holding an Oscar for his short film The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore during a parade in his and Brandon Oldenburg's honor held in downtown Shreveport. William Joyce Oscar Parade Shreveport Louisiana.jpg
Joyce in March 2012 holding an Oscar for his short film The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore during a parade in his and Brandon Oldenburg's honor held in downtown Shreveport.

Joyce received the 2008 Louisiana Writer Award for his enduring contribution to the "literary intellectual heritage of Louisiana." The award was presented to him on October 4, 2008, during a ceremony at the 2008 Louisiana Book Festival in Baton Rouge. On February 26, 2012, he won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore .

Newsweek called him one of the top 100 people to watch in the new millennium. [3]

Gold medal from the Society of Illustrators for Santa Calls.

Three silver medals from the Society of Illustrators.

Academy Awards

YearNominated workCategoryResult
2012 The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore Best Animated Short Film Won

Emmy Awards

YearNominated WorkCategoryResult
1998-1999 Rolie Polie Olie "Little Sister, Big Brother"Outstanding Individual Achievement in AnimationWon
1999-2000Rolie Polie OlieOutstanding Special Class Animated ProgramWon
2004-2005Rolie Polie OlieOutstanding Special Class Animated ProgramWon
2013-2014The ScarecrowOutstanding New Approaches - Original Daytime ProgramWon
2014-2015SilentOutstanding Special Class Animated ProgramWon
2016-2017Taking FlightOutstanding Special Class Animated ProgramWon

Personal life

William Joyce lives with his son Jackson Edward Joyce in Shreveport, Louisiana. His daughter, Mary Katherine, died on May 2, 2010, at the age of 18, due to complications from brain cancer. [18] [19] Rise of the Guardians , a film inspired by The Guardians of Childhood book series and in turn by stories that he told her as a child, was dedicated to her memory, reading "For Mary Katherine Joyce, a Guardian Fierce and True" during the credits. [20] The main character of Epic , which is based on Joyce's book The Leaf Men and the Brave Good Bugs, was named after her. [21] His wife, attorney Frances Elizabeth Baucum Joyce, died on January 20, 2016, at the age of 55, due to complications of ALS. [22] He remarried on July 31, 2020. [23]

In 2006, Joyce founded the Katrinarita Gras Foundation to raise money for victims of Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita. He sold prints of his unpublished Mardi Gras The New Yorker cover, with profits going to Louisiana artists and arts organizations. [24]

Works by William Joyce

Books

In May 2017, Atheneum Young Readers released the picture book Bently & Egg, A Day with Wilbur Robinson , the film version of which is entitled Meet the Robinsons, and Dinosaur Bob and His Adventures with the Family Lazardo. All are under the label The World of William Joyce. [25]

Note: All books are written and illustrated by Joyce, except as noted

Rolie Polie Olie series

  1. Rolie Polie Olie (1999)
  2. Rolie Polie Olie: How Many Howdys? (board book) (1999)
  3. Rolie Polie Olie: A Little Spot of Color (board book) (2000)
  4. Rolie Polie Olie: Polka Dot! Polka Dot! (board book) (2000)
  5. Snowie Rolie (2000)
  6. Rolie Polie Olie - Character Books: Olie, Spot, Zowie, Billie (2001)
  7. Sleepy Time Olie (2001)
  8. Big Time Olie (2002)
  9. Busy Books - Peakaboo You!, Rolie Polie Shapes, Be My Pal!, Rocket Up, Rolie! (2002)

The Guardians of Childhood series

Novels
  1. Nicholas St. North and the Battle of the Nightmare King, written with Laura Geringer (2011) [38]
  2. E. Aster Bunnymund and the Warrior Eggs at the Earth's Core! (2012) [39]
  3. Toothiana: Queen of the Tooth Fairy Armies (2012) [40]
  4. The Sandman and the War of Dreams (2013) [41]
  5. Jack Frost: The End Becomes the Beginning (2018)
Picture books
  1. The Man in the Moon (2011) [42]
  2. The Sandman: The Story of Sanderson Mansnoozie (2012) [43]
  3. Jack Frost (2015)

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1995 Toy Story Conceptual and art design
1997 Buddy Screenwriter, co-producerScreen story
1998 A Bug's Life Conceptual and art design
2005 Robots Writer, producer, production designer [lower-alpha 1]
2007 Meet the Robinsons Writer, executive producer [lower-alpha 2]
2007 Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium Production designerMain title sequence design
2011 The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore Director, writer
2012 Rise of the Guardians Writer, executive producer [lower-alpha 3]
2013 Epic Writer, production designer, executive producer
2013 The Scarecrow Executive producer
2013The NumberlysDirector, writer
2014SilentExecutive producer
2014 The Cask of Amontillado Director
2022Mr. Spam Gets a New HatDirector, writer
TBA The Great Gatsby DirectorAnimated film adaptation [17]

Television series

YearTitleNotes
1998–2004 Rolie Polie Olie Created by, based on the book series of the same name
2000–2003 George Shrinks Created by, based on the book of the same name
2022 Lost Ollie Based on the book Ollie's Odyssey [4]

Notes

  1. Uncredited.
  2. The original book A Day with Wilbur Robinson .
  3. The original books The Guardians of Childhood and The Man in the Moon.

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