Read the bio below and try to give details on steve williams -lrb- animator -rrb- 's: - other names - yearsactive - birth date - name - birth place - occupation Bio: steve ' spaz ' williams -lrb- b. 1962 -rrb- is a canadian special effects artist and animator . williams studied animation at sheridan college , graduating in 1984 . 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 -lrb- currently a part of autodesk -rrb- 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. dippe , scott e. anderson and jay riddle , williams helped develop a photorealistic alien pseudopod made out of seawater , which later earned the film an academy award for best visual effects . continuing at ilm , williams worked in two more breakthrough moments of cg effects that earned the company more oscars : the t-1000 from '' '' -lrb- 1991 -rrb- , a liquid metal robot that evolved from the work done in '' the abyss '' ; and the '' tyrannosaurus '' in '' jurassic park '' -lrb- 1993 -rrb- . as the chief computer graphics animator of '' the mask '' , williams shared a nomination for best visual effects -lrb- along with tom bertino , jon farhat and scott squires -rrb- at the 67th academy awards . williams left ilm along with dippe following their work in '' spawn '' -lrb- 1997 -rrb- , which dippe directed with williams being the effects supervisor and second unit director . along with a job at new line 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 , at&t , lexus and mcdonald 's . as of 2012 , williams continues directing commercials , and teaches a class on directing for film and...
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- other names is steve ' spaz ' williams- yearsactive is 1977 -- 2006- birth date is 1962- name is steve williams- birth place is ontario , canada- occupation is visual effects artist , animator and director