Alexander Williams

Alexander Williams, also Alex Williams (born October 18 1967 in London) is an English film animator and cartoonist. He is the son of animator Richard Williams.

He was educated at Westminster School, Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts, and Merton College, Oxford, where he took a first in Modern History.

He is the co-creator of the Queens Counsel (comic strip), a satire on law and lawyers, which has appeared in the law pages of The Times since 1993, under the pseudonym Steuart and Francis. A number of collections of the cartoons have been published, by Robson Books and Harper Collins.

Other cartoon strips include Writer's Block (comic strip), published in the books section of The Times from 2005-6, and The Dealers (comic strip), published in The Tatler from 1994-95.

He was briefly a barrister at 12 King's Bench Walk Chambers before embarking on a full-time career in film animation.

His work as an animator includes Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988), The Lion King (1994), The Iron Giant (1999), and Robots (2005).

Williams is currently directing a CGI feature film called "The Wild Bunch" at the American-Israeli studio Animation Lab.

Bibliography

*"Queen's Counsel - A Libellous Look at The law", Robson Books, 1995
*"Queen's Counsel - Judgment Day", Robson Books, 1996
*"Queen's Counsel - Laying Down the Law", Times Books, 1997
*"The Times - Best of Queen's Counsel", Times Books, 1999
*"Lawyers Uncovered - Everything you always wanted to know but didn't want to pay £500 an hour to find out", JR Books, 2007

References

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* [http://www.alex-williams.com/ Alexander Williams' Official Website]
* [http://www.qccartoon.com/ Queen's Counsel cartoon Official Website]
* [http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/ Queen's Counsel cartoon at The Times Online]
* [http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1808840499/ Alexander Williams at Yahoo movies]
* [http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/filmography.html?p_id=307982/ Alexander Williams at nytimes.com]
* [http://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/Alexander_Williams/3403441/ Alexander Williams at Hollywood.com]
* [http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117963634.html?categoryid=13&cs=1/ Alexander Williams at Variety.com]
* [http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003575507/ Alexander Williams at Hollywood Reporter]
* [http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1906217084/ Lawyers Uncovered - a collection of Queen's Counsel cartoons at Amazon.com]
* [http://news.awn.com/index.php?ltype=top&newsitem_no=19608/ Alexander Williams at AWN.com]