Kroyer Films Explained

Kroyer Films, Inc.
Foundation:	1986
Founder:	Bill Kroyer and Susan Kroyer
Defunct:	1994 (general operations) January 7, 2022 (dissolution)
Location:	Hollywood, California, United States
Industry:	Animation Computer animation
Products:	Animated feature films
Fate:	Bankruptcy

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 .^{[2] [3]} It also produced the animation for the 1994 video game .^[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)
• (1990) (vehicle animation)
• (1992)
• (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

• (1994) (original animation)

External links

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

Notes and References

1. https://www.chapman.edu/our-faculty/william-kroyer William Kroyer|Faculty Profile|Chapman University
2. Web site: Bill Kroyer . Art of the Title . https://web.archive.org/web/20240405023812/https://www.artofthetitle.com/designer/bill-kroyer . April 5, 2024 . live.
3. Web site: Robin Williams’s Best Role . Chantel . Tattoli . July 16, 2018 . The Paris Review . https://web.archive.org/web/20240405025814/https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2018/07/16/robin-williamss-best-role . April 5, 2024 . live.
4. Kroyer . Bill . What links, classic Disney animation and Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure? . . John Linneman . https://web.archive.org/web/20240405023316/https://www.eurogamer.net/digitalfoundry-2019-retro-what-links-tron-and-pitfall-the-mayan-adventure . April 5, 2024 . live.
5. Web site: Preserved Projects. Academy Film Archive . https://web.archive.org/web/20240119112255/https://www.oscars.org/academy-film-archive/preserved-projects?title=technological+threat&filmmaker=&category=All&collection=All . January 19, 2024 . live.
6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H74Vk5-X74w Short Film Winners: 1989 Oscars
7. Web site: The 61st Academy Awards – 1989 . Oscars.org . https://web.archive.org/web/20240311021415/https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1989 . March 11, 2024 . live.