
Courses Taught: ART101 Drawing Bootcamp, AVE203 Creative Pre-production
Education: BFA in Drawing, Sculpting, Academy of Art
Bill has been a sculptor for the film FX industry for many years. He has worked on numerous projects in the Bay Area for Industrial Light & Magic, Tippett Studios, Magic Vista, (W)holesome Products, and others. His more recent projects include: Star Wars Episode One, Wild Wild West, Frankenstein & the Wolfman, Rocky & Bullwinkle, Galaxy Quest, Pearl Harbor, Space Cowboys, Planet of The Apes, Evolution, Cats & Dogs, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and more. Bill has also sculpted for stop-motion television shows and done freelance work for the toy and game industry.
Bill Roth has worked with Richard Macdonald, Bruce Wolfe, and Robert Graham, as a sculptor on monuments and enlarging various commissions. One of his original sculptures was recently published in Aphrodesia – Art of the Female Form (Aristada publishing). Bill is a member of The National Sculpture Society and I.A.T.S.E. Local 16 – International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Moving Picture Technicians, Artists, and Allied Crafts of the United States its Territories and Canada.
Bill is also an instructor in our Animation & Visual Effects program.