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Bill
Perkins.
Bill Perkins (born 1954) is a
Canadian animator and
animation designer who has worked on such films as Heavy
Metal, The Care Bears Movie, Balto, and
The Iron Giant.
He was a storyboard artist on the original Inspector
Gadget television series, a story board artist as well as
unit director for 1985's
The Care Bears Movie; the
following year, after having
the same job for its sequel.
He subsequently worked for Hanna Barbera productions as a supervising
director on The
Smurfs then transitioned into computer animation in
1990.
Joining Softimage in 1993, he directed the construction of
industry compliant interfaces in the emerging field of digital ink
and paint technologies.
He was a lead member of the team responsible for the first
successful completion of an animated feature film (Balto)
using commercally available software (Softimage Toonz) and a key
figure in the effort to introduce and implement technology into the
2D animation production process during the years of the animation
renisannce (1994-1999).
He currently resides in Ottawa, Canada and is involved in the production of
interactive DVDs based on children's books.
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