Kroyer 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)

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References[]

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[1] William Kroyer|Faculty Profile|Chapman University

[2] Bill Kroyer — Art of the Title

[3] Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure - IMDb

[4] What links, classic Disney animation and Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure? · Eurogamer.net

[5] "Preserved Projects". http://www.oscars.org/academy-film-archive/preserved-projects?title=technological+threat&filmmaker=&category=All&collection=All.

[6] Short Film Winners: 1989 Oscars

[7] 1989|Oscars.org

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