Bill Wray
- Art direction
- March 24, 1956 · Fort Meade, Maryland, USA
Biography
William York Wray, known professionally as Bill Wray, is an American cartoonist, animator and landscape painter widely known for his contributions to Mad and The Ren & Stimpy Show, as well as his current focus on regional landscape painting—under the names Bill Wray for his animated work and William Wray for his paintings. With urban landscapes, cartoon elements, and superheroes as frequent subjects, Wray is noted for a tightly cropped and abstract painting style. The Huffington Post said he "has a brisk, bold style that gives his city scenes a jolt of painterly drama." Southwest Art Magazine called him "a chronicler of the fading urban remains of a bygone era." Description above from the Wikipedia article William Wray, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
- Bullet Time · Background Designer
- Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story · Self
- Me & You · Art Direction
- Listening Is an Act of Love · Art Direction
- Storycorps: Eyes on the Stars · Art Direction
- A Good Man · Art Direction
- A Family Man · Art Direction
- John and Joe · Background Designer
- Always A Family · Art Direction
- The Mighty B! · Director
- Samurai Jack · Background Designer
- Little Go Beep · Background Designer
- King Crab: Space Crustacean · Director, Writer
- Dexter's Laboratory · Writer, Storyboard
- What a Cartoon! · Creator, Storyboard Artist
- The Ren & Stimpy Show · Director, Writer
- Goldie Gold and Action Jack · Script Supervisor