William Joyce - Net Worth, Age, Height, Birthday, Bio, Wiki!

Publish date: 2024-06-25

Explore William Joyce net worth, age, height, bio, birthday, wiki, and salary! William Edward Joyce (born December 11, 1957) is an American writer, illustrator, and filmmaker. His illustrations have appeared on numerous covers of The New Yorker and his paintings are displayed nationwide. For the short film The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore (2011), Joyce won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 84th Academy Awards. In this article, we will discover how old is William Joyce? Who is William Joyce dating now & how much money does William Joyce have?

NameWilliam Joyce
First NameWilliam
Last NameJoyce
OccupationWriter
BirthdayDecember 11
Birth Year1957
Place of BirthShreveport
Home TownShreveport
Birth CountryUnited States
Birth SignAquarius
Full/Birth Name
FatherNot Available
MotherNot Available
SiblingsNot Available
SpouseElizabeth Baucum Joyce
Children(s)Mary Katherine Joyce, Jackson Edward Joyce

William Joyce Biography

William Joyce is one of the most popular and richest Writer who was born on December 11, 1957 in Shreveport, Shreveport, United States. In 2001, after Joyce and Ice Age director Chris Wedge failed to adapt one of Joyce’s books to the screen, Santa Calls, they both came up with the idea for the animated film Robots (2005). Besides being one of the creators, Joyce also served as a producer and production designer.

In 2006, Joyce founded the Katrinarita Gras Foundation to raise money for victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. He is selling prints of his unpublished Mardi Gras The New Yorker cover through the foundation with all profit going to Louisiana artists and arts organizations.

In 2007, Disney released Meet the Robinsons, a movie based on his book A Day with Wilbur Robinson, to which Joyce served as one of the executive producers of the film along with John Lasseter and Clark Spencer.

This exhibition is run by the National Center for Children’s Illustrated Literature. It began in 1998 and is currently still traveling nationally.

Joyce created conceptual characters for Disney/Pixar’s feature films Toy Story (1995) and A Bug’s Life (1998).

In 2005 Joyce and Reel FX launched a joint venture, Aimesworth Amusements, to produce feature films, video games and books. The new company announced plans to make three feature films: The Guardians of Childhood, The Mischevians, and Dinosaur Bob and His Adventures With the Family Lazardo. The first of those projects, The Guardians of Childhood was developed by DreamWorks Animation into the feature film, Rise of the Guardians. It was released in 2012 and is based on Joyce’s book series and the short film Man in the Moon, directed by Joyce.

William Joyce Net Worth

William is one of the richest Writer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, William Joyce's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: January 13, 2024)

In both 1994 and 1995 Joyce’s Santa Calls books were inspiration for the Christmas displays for Saks Fifth Avenue on 5th Avenue.

Net Worth$5 Million
SalaryUnder Review
Source of IncomeWriter
CarsNot Available
HouseLiving in own house.

Bill Joyce lives with his son Jackson Edward Joyce in Shreveport, Louisiana. His daughter, Mary Katherine, died from a brain tumor at the age of 18 on May 2, 2010. Rise of the Guardians, a film inspired by stories Joyce told her while young and later resulted in The Guardians of Childhood book series, was dedicated to her memory, reading “For Mary Katherine Joyce, a Guardian Fierce and True” during the credits. The main character of Epic, which is also based on Joyce’s book, The Leaf Men and the Brave Good Bugs, was named after her. His wife, Frances Elizabeth Baucum Joyce, who was a Shreveport attorney, died on January 20, 2016 at the age of 55, after a long battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

His book The Leaf Men was adapted by Blue Sky Studios into a 2013 computer-animated feature film titled Epic, with Joyce as writer, executive producer, and production designer.

Ethnicity, religion & political views

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In August 2009, Joyce and Reel FX co-founder Brandon Oldenburg founded a Shreveport-based animation and visual effects studio MOONBOT Studios. The studio produced an Oscar-winning animated short film and an iPad app The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore. A book adaption was released in summer 2012. The studio released in January 2012 another app, Numberlys, with a short film and a book announced to come later.

Who is William Joyce Dating?

According to our records, William Joyce married to Elizabeth Baucum Joyce. As of January 13, 2024, William Joyce’s is not dating anyone.

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In May 2017, Atheneum Young Readers released the picture book “Bently & Egg,” A Day With Wilbur Robinson, of which the film version is entitled Meet the Robinsons, and Dinosaur Bob and His Adventures with the Family Lazardo. All are under the label “The World of William Joyce.”

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Joyce received the 2008 Louisiana Writer Award for his enduring contribution to the “literary intellectual heritage of Louisiana.” The award was presented to him on October 4, 2008, during a ceremony at the 2008 Louisiana Book Festival in Baton Rouge. On February 26, 2012, he won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, “The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore.”

Facts & Trivia

William Ranked on the list of most popular Writer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. William Joyce celebrates birthday on December 11 of every year.

What was William Joyce famous for?

William Joyce, better known to the British public as “Lord Haw-Haw,” betrayed his country by broadcasting anti-British propaganda on behalf of Nazi Germany. While Joyce enjoyed relative security living in Germany during the war, he soon found himself at the end of a hangman’s rope following the war’s conclusion.

What was William Joyce convicted of?

On January 3, 1946, ardent fascist and Nazi propaganda broadcaster William “Lord Haw-Haw” Joyce was executed following his conviction for treason.

Is William Joyce still alive?

William Joyce
Years active1981–present
SpouseFrances Elizabeth Baucum Joyce (1960-2016)
Children2
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Who is Rise of the Guardians dedicated to?

William Joyce lives with his son Jackson Edward Joyce in Shreveport, Louisiana. His daughter, Mary Katherine, died from a brain tumor at the age of 18 on May 2, 2010, and the 2012 movie, Rise of the Guardians was dedicated to her memory.

How many British soldiers were executed in ww2?

Of the 346 men who were executed, 309 were pardoned: the remaining 37 were executed for murder, and would have been executed under civilian law.

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