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Williams studied animation at Sheridan College, graduating in 1984.
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During the summers he would work at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education Computer Laboratory, learning more about computer animation. After graduation, he went on to work at Alias Research (currently a part of Autodesk) in Toronto. He acted as the company"s spokesperson, leading to a job at Industrial Light & Magic in 1988.
ILM had purchased Silicon Graphics computers to create the computer-generated effects in The Abyss, and said workstations used Alias modeling software.
Along with animators Mark A.Z. Continuing at ILM, Williams worked in two more breakthrough moments of CG effects that earned the company more Oscars: the T-1000 from, a liquid metal robot that evolved from the work done in The Abyss. And the Tyrannosaurus in.
As the chief computer graphics animator of The Mask, Williams shared a nomination for Best Visual Effects (along with Tom Bertino, Jon Farhat and Scott Squires) at the 67th Academy Awards. Williams left ILM along with Dippé following their work in, which Dippé directed with Williams being the effects supervisor and second unit director
Along with a job at New Lincolnshire Productions, Williams opened Hoytyboy Productions in San Francisco.
Hoytyboy"s biggest work was 2006"s The Wild for Walt Disney Pictures, which Williams directed. He also directed more than 200 commercials for 1997 and 2010, for clients including Capital One, Toyota, American Telephone & Telegraph Company, Lexus and McDonald"son As of 2012, Williams continues directing commercials, and teaches a class on Directing for Film and Animation at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco.
