Background
He was born in New York and grew up in River Forest, a suburb near Chicago, Illinois, moving to Los Angeles after graduating from the University of Illinois Champaign - Urbana Campus.
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Bill Schultz
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University of Illinois system.
Career
His first job in Los Angeles found him working for Capitol Records, which after 9 months he left to work with an independent film producer, and then to work as a production assistant and production staffer on several low budget live action feature films. He eventually got a job at Columbia Pictures Television, working on primetime television series such as Mickey Spillane"s Mike Hammer and TJ Hooker. In 1986 Schultz moved from Santa Barbara (television series) Production Staff to help with the management of Marvel Productions.
Introduced to veteran Animation Director Philosophy Roman in late 1986, Schultz was hired as VP of Production and Development of Film Roman.
In 1988 the new management team developed, sold and produced Bobby"s World and Zazoo U. As Executive Vice President at Film Roman for nine years, schultz managed the growth of the studio, serving as a producer for 6 seasons on two FOX primetime series, The Simpsons and King of the Hill. After nine years of running the company and 18 months after taking the company public (in 1995) Schultz left to find new opportunities.
In addition, he was contacted by Cartoon Network"s Linda Simensky and asked to come to Atlanta to meet with the Network"s management team, including head Betty Cohen, General Motors Rob Sorcher, Mike Lazzo and Simensky. Schultz was hired to help the network set up its own Cartoon Network Studios located in Burbank, California, as well as act as the Supervising Producer for the network on its non-Hanna Barbera series, including Editor, Edd n Eddy, Courage the Cowardly Dog and others
Schultz continued his relationship with the network up until 2002.
In 2005, Schultz and his partners at MYP merged the Los Angeles-based company with leading French entertainment company and animation studio Moonscoop Group. Schultz also serves as executive producer on MYP"s latest productions, including Hero:108, which is a co-production with Cartoon Network, Growing Up Creepie for Discovery Kids/Nickelodeon, I Got a Rocket!, and the pre-school Consultants to Government and Industry series Dive Olly Dive!, as well as returning series Pet Alien and ToddWorld. and Jakers) and two Primetime Emmy Awards (for The Simpsons).
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He has worked on television shows such as Jim Henson"s Muppet Babies, The Transformers, and produced others, notably The Simpsons, King of the Hill and now the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Home Plate Entertainment, the Animation Studio behind Rob Dyrdek"s Wild Grinders (launched on Nicktoons in the United States in September of 2011). In addition, Schultz was nominated for an Daytime Emmy Award in 2007 as a song writer, along with co-writers, Mike Himmelstein and First Rate (at Lloyd's) Jarreau, for their song, "Take a Look Inside," which is featured in the ToddWorld series. Schultz has won two Daytime Emmy Awards (for I Got a Rocket!.
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