Bill Kopp
| Bill Kopp | |
|---|---|
| Born |
April 17, 1962 Rockford, Illinois, United States |
| Occupation | Animator, actor, film and voice director, voice actor, writer |
| Years active | 1981–present |
Bill Kopp (born April 17, 1962 in Rockford, Illinois) is an American actor, director, animator, voice actor, and writer who animated the Whammy on the 1980s game show Press Your Luck, and voiced the title character on Nelvana's Eek! The Cat and Kutter in The Terrible Thunderlizards, which he created with Savage Steve Holland. He also voices Tom in the Tom and Jerry movies Tom and Jerry: Blast Off to Mars and Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry.[1]
He was also an animator for "The Simpsons" Tracey Ullman Show shorts, but left after the first season.
He created The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show and Mad Jack the Pirate, worked as an executive producer and writer for Toonsylvania, produced and directed the current Tom and Jerry cartoons, wrote Hare and Loathing in Las Vegas and The Incredible Crash Dummies and did the story on two Roger Rabbit Shorts; Tummy Trouble and Roller Coaster Rabbit. Was the writer/director/co-producer on Tales from the Crypt's series finale "The Third Pig".
In 1984, he won an Academy Award-Student Film/Animation for Mr. Gloom and in 1985, he won his second Academy Award for Observational Hazard.
He studied animation at the California Institute of the Arts.
He is also the director of most of The Twisted Whiskers Show episodes.
In 2013, Kopp posted on his Facebook page that he have plans for the reboot of the Woody Woodpecker franchise for Universal Pictures, but was replaced by Alex Zamm.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Jac Mac and Rad Boy Go! | Rad Boy | |
| Better Off Dead | animator | ||
| 1986 | One Crazy Summer | character designer animation supervisor chief animator | |
| 1989 | Tummy Trouble | story animator | |
| 1990 | Roller Coaster Rabbit | story animator | |
| 2005 | Tom and Jerry: Blast Off to Mars | Tom, Press Guy #1 | writer director |
| Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry | Tom, Frank | writer director voice director |
Television
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | The Tracey Ullman Show | animator | |
| 1991–1994 | Taz-Mania | writer | |
| 1992–1997 | Eek! The Cat | Eek, Pierre | creator writer supervising producer |
| 1993/1995 | The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show | creator writer producer voice director | |
| 1994 | The Baby Huey Show | creative consultant | |
| 1995–1997 | The What-A-Cartoon! Show | Yuckie Duck | voice actor |
| 1996 | Tales from the Crypt | animation director |
writer director animation director character designer storyboard artist Episode 7.13: "The Third Pig" |
| 1998 | Toonsylvania | creator writer executive producer voice director | |
| 1998–1999 | Mad Jack the Pirate | Mad Jack | creator writer executive producer casting director voice director voice actor |
| 2001 | Capertown Cops | writer | |
| 2002 | House of Mouse | writer Episode 3.10: "Humphrey in the House" | |
| 2010 | 'Til Death | Dolphin, Whale | Episode 4.21: "The Wedding" |
| The Twisted Whiskers Show | Mister Mewser, Jack | writer director | |
| 2011 | Dan Vs. | Additional Voices | director |
| 2015 | Wabbit | writer | |
| 2016 | Mighty Magiswords | Man Fish the Fish Man, Eel | voice actor |
References
External links
- Bill Kopp at the Internet Movie Database