| Industry | Animation Computer animation |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1986 |
| Founder | Bill Kroyer and Susan Kroyer |
| Defunct | 1994 |
| Fate | Bankruptcy |
| Successor | Walt Disney Feature Animation FAI Films |
| 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]
Productions
Kroyer Films produced the Oscar-nominated short film Technological Threat and the 20th Century Fox feature film FernGully: The Last Rainforest.[2] It also produced the animation for the 1994 video game Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure.[3][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)
References
- ↑ William Kroyer|Faculty Profile|Chapman University
- ↑ Bill Kroyer — Art of the Title
- ↑ Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure - IMDb
- ↑ What links, classic Disney animation and Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure? · Eurogamer.net
- ↑ "Preserved Projects". Academy Film Archive.
- ↑ Short Film Winners: 1989 Oscars
- ↑ 1989|Oscars.org
External links
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