Bill Davis (artist)

William Robert Davis, aka Bill Davis (b. May 1949 in Venice, California) is an American illustrator, animation director and designer, graphic designer and painter. Davis is the founder and creative director of Mother Productions, a graphic design firm which creates animation, motion graphics, logos and other graphic designs for on-air and online purposes. [cite web| last =Fera| first =Rae Ann| title =Davis Births Mother| work =boardsmag.com| date =2001-09-01| url =http://www.boardsmag.com/articles/magazine/20010901/davis.html | accessdate =2007-09-15]

History

Davis attended the California Institute of the Arts, where he graduated in 1971 with a BFA degree and high honors.

Davis was a lead graphic designer for NBC and received an Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Graphic Design and Title Sequences for his animated title and segue films on "NBC, The First 50 Years: A Closer Look" in 1978. [cite web| title =Emmy Awards 1978| work =IMDB| url =http://www.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/Emmy_Awards/1978| accessdate =2007-09-15] He created over 200 "More to Come" on-air slides for the "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson", and he designed the logo for "The Gong Show".Fact|date=September 2007

Later, Davis worked as an animation director and designer for Kurtz & Friends, and was vice-president of development and creative director for computer games companies Sierra On-Line and Rocket Science Games. [cite press release | title =Rocket Science Games on new trajectory with strong studio team | publisher =Business Wire | date =1996-02-13 | url =http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1996_Feb_13/ai_17991583 | accessdate =2007-09-15] [cite journal| last =Smithe| first =Nancy | title =Bill Davis, Creative Director| journal =Sierra News Magazine| publisher= Sierra Entertainment|volume =3| issue =1| pages =16|date =Spring 1990]

Personal life

Davis lives in California with his wife, Betty Tikker Davis.

References

External links

* [http://www.myspace.com/trowzers_akimbo Trowzers Akimbo] – Bill Davis' MySpace page
* [http://www.motherfilms.com Mother Productions]