Bill Kopp
Encyclopedia
Bill Kopp is an American animator
and film director 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
.
He was also an animator for The Simpsons Tracey Ullman Shorts, but left after the first season
.
He also 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 HBO's Tales from the Crypt: 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.
Animator
An animator is an artist who creates multiple images that give an illusion of movement called animation when displayed in rapid sequence; the images are called frames and key frames. Animators can work in a variety of fields including film, television, video games, and the internet. Usually, an...
and film director who animated the Whammy on the 1980s game show Press Your Luck
Press Your Luck
Press Your Luck is an American television daytime game show created by Bill Carruthers and Jan McCormack. It premiered on September 19, 1983 on CBS and ended on September 26, 1986. In the show, contestants collected "spins" by answering trivia questions and then used the spins on an 18-space game...
, and voiced the title character on Nelvana
Nelvana
Nelvana Limited is a Canadian entertainment company founded in 1971 known for its work in children's animation. It was named by founders Michael Hirsh, Patrick Loubert and Clive A. Smith after a Canadian comic book superheroine created by Adrian Dingle in the 1940s...
's Eek! The Cat
Eek! The Cat
Eek! The Cat is an American and Canadian animated series, created by Savage Steve Holland and Bill Kopp and produced by Fox Kids and Savage Studios with animation by Nelvana, that ran from September 11, 1992, to August 1, 1997.-Premise:Eek! the Cat is about a purple cat named Eek whose motto is...
and Kutter in The Terrible Thunderlizards
The Terrible Thunderlizards
The Terrible Thunderlizards is a segment that aired in Canada on YTV and in the United States as part of Eek! Stravaganza on the Fox Kids programming block. It aired from November 20, 1993 to July 28, 1997. The series was originally intended as a spin off from Eek! The Cat...
, which he created with Savage Steve Holland
Savage Steve Holland
Savage Steve Holland is an animator and film director who wrote and directed the cult films Better Off Dead and One Crazy Summer , starring John Cusack. He also directed the film How I Got Into College , and animated the "Whammy" on the game show Press Your Luck. He later went on to create and...
. He also voices Tom in the Tom and Jerry movies Tom and Jerry: Blast Off to Mars
Tom and Jerry: Blast Off to Mars
Tom and Jerry: Blast Off to Mars is a Tom and Jerry outer-space-themed direct-to-video film produced by Warner Bros. Animation.-Plot:...
and Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry
Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry
Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry is a 2005 animated direct-to-video film starring the oscar-winning cat and mouse pair, Tom and Jerry. The subtitle is a parody of the hit Universal Studios film, The Fast and The Furious. It was released theatrically in select cites of the U.S...
.
He was also an animator for The Simpsons Tracey Ullman Shorts, but left after the first season
The Simpsons (season 1)
The Simpsons first season originally aired between December 17, 1989 and May 13, 1990, beginning with the Christmas special "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire". The show runners for the first production season were Matt Groening, James L...
.
He also created The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show and Mad Jack the Pirate
Mad Jack the Pirate
Mad Jack the Pirate is a short lived 1990s cartoon. The show was created by Bill Kopp and was directed by Jeff DeGrandis...
, worked as an executive producer
Executive producer
An executive producer is a producer who is not involved in any technical aspects of the film making or music process, but who is still responsible for the overall production...
and writer for Toonsylvania
Toonsylvania
Toonsylvania is an animated television series, which ran for 2 seasons in 1998 on FOX's Saturday morning cartoon block in its first season, then was moved to Tuesday afternoons from September 14, 1998 until December 21, 1998, when it was cancelled...
, produced and directed the current Tom and Jerry
Tom and Jerry
Tom and Jerry are the cat and mouse cartoon characters that were evolved starting in 1939.Tom and Jerry also may refer to:Cartoon works featuring the cat and mouse so named:* The Tom and Jerry Show...
cartoons, wrote Hare and Loathing in Las Vegas
Hare and Loathing in Las Vegas
Hare and Loathing in Las Vegas is a Bugs Bunny cartoon from 2004, which co-starred Yosemite Sam. It was directed by Peter Shin and Bill Kopp and produced by Warner Bros. Animation....
and The Incredible Crash Dummies
The Incredible Crash Dummies
The Incredible Crash Dummies is a line of action figures styled after the eponymouscrash test dummy popularized in a public service advertising campaign of the late 1980s, to educate people on the safety of wearing seat belts. The toys were first released by Tyco Toys in the early 1990s and...
and did the story on two Roger Rabbit Shorts; Tummy Trouble and Roller Coaster Rabbit. Was the writer/director/co-producer on HBO's Tales from the Crypt: 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
California Institute of the Arts
The California Institute of the Arts, commonly referred to as CalArts, is located in Valencia, in Los Angeles County, California. It was incorporated in 1961 as the first degree-granting institution of higher learning in the United States created specifically for students of both the visual and the...
.
He is also the director of most of The Twisted Whiskers Show
The Twisted Whiskers Show
The Twisted Whiskers Show is an American animated series based on the Twisted Whiskers greeting cards created by Terrill Bohlar. It began airing as the first program of the Hasbro/Discovery TV network, The Hub on October 10, 2010...
episodes.
Film
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Jac Mac and Rad Boy Go! | Rad Boy | |
| Better Off Dead | animator | ||
| 1986 | One Crazy Summer One Crazy Summer -Production:Several locations on Cape Cod, Massachusetts were used for the film: Barnstable High School , Hyannis West Elementary School , the Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard And Nantucket Steamship Authority ferry dock in Woods Hole, where the characters board the ferry, and the motorcycle gang... |
character designer animation supervisor chief animator |
|
| 1989 | Tummy Trouble | animator | |
| 1990 | Roller Coaster Rabbit | animator | |
| 2005 | Tom and Jerry: Blast Off to Mars Tom and Jerry: Blast Off to Mars Tom and Jerry: Blast Off to Mars is a Tom and Jerry outer-space-themed direct-to-video film produced by Warner Bros. Animation.-Plot:... |
Tom Press Guy #1 |
writer director |
| Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry is a 2005 animated direct-to-video film starring the oscar-winning cat and mouse pair, Tom and Jerry. The subtitle is a parody of the hit Universal Studios film, The Fast and The Furious. It was released theatrically in select cites of the U.S... |
Tom Frank |
writer director voice director |
Television
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | The Tracey Ullman Show The Tracey Ullman Show The Tracey Ullman Show was an American television variety show, hosted by British comedian and onetime pop singer Tracey Ullman. It debuted on April 5, 1987 as the Fox network's second primetime series after Married... with Children, and ran until May 26, 1990. The show blended sketch comedy shorts... |
animator | |
| 1991-1994 | Taz-Mania Taz-Mania Taz-Mania is a American cartoon sitcom produced by Warner Bros. Animation from 1991–1993, broadcast in the United States on Fox from 1991-1995... |
writer | |
| 1992-1997 | Eek! The Cat Eek! The Cat Eek! The Cat is an American and Canadian animated series, created by Savage Steve Holland and Bill Kopp and produced by Fox Kids and Savage Studios with animation by Nelvana, that ran from September 11, 1992, to August 1, 1997.-Premise:Eek! the Cat is about a purple cat named Eek whose motto is... |
Eek | creator supervising producer |
| 1993-1995 | The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show | creator voice director |
|
| 1994 | The Baby Huey Show The Baby Huey Show The Baby Huey Show is a cartoon television show which ran in syndication during the 1995-96 TV season. The show featured the character Baby Huey. 26 episodes were produced by combining old theatrical Famous Studios cartoons and new episodes produced by Film Roman.... |
creative consultant | |
| 1996 | Tales from the Crypt Tales from the Crypt (TV series) Tales from the Crypt, sometimes titled HBO's Tales from the Crypt, is an American horror anthology television series that ran from 1989 to 1996 on the premium cable channel HBO... |
animation director |
writer director animation director character designer storyboard artist Episode 7.13: "The Third Pig" |
| 1998 | Toonsylvania Toonsylvania Toonsylvania is an animated television series, which ran for 2 seasons in 1998 on FOX's Saturday morning cartoon block in its first season, then was moved to Tuesday afternoons from September 14, 1998 until December 21, 1998, when it was cancelled... |
creator executive producer voice director |
|
| 1998-1999 | Mad Jack the Pirate Mad Jack the Pirate Mad Jack the Pirate is a short lived 1990s cartoon. The show was created by Bill Kopp and was directed by Jeff DeGrandis... |
creator voice director |
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| 2002 | House of Mouse | writer Episode 3.10: "Humphrey in the House" |
|
| 2010 | 'Til Death 'Til Death ’Til Death is an American sitcom which aired on the Fox network from September 7, 2006, to June 20, 2010. The series was created by husband-and-wife team Josh Goldsmith and Cathy Yuspa, who were also the writers and executive-producers... |
Dolphin Whale |
Episode 4.21: "The Wedding" |
| The Twisted Whiskers Show The Twisted Whiskers Show The Twisted Whiskers Show is an American animated series based on the Twisted Whiskers greeting cards created by Terrill Bohlar. It began airing as the first program of the Hasbro/Discovery TV network, The Hub on October 10, 2010... |
director | ||
| 2011 | Dan Vs. Dan vs. Dan Vs. is an American flash animated cartoon series created by Dan Mandel and Chris Pearson. The series premiered on January 1, 2011 on The Hub. Dan Vs. ended its first season on July 9, 2011. The series' second season began on November 19th and will continue through the 2011-2012 lineup.-Plot:The... |
additional voices | director |