Chris Williams (director)


Chris Williams is an American film director, screenwriter and animator at Walt Disney Animation Studios. He directed the short film Glagos Guest and codirected Bolt, which was nominated for the Oscar for Best Animated Feature in 2009, and Big Hero 6, which won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature in 2015.

Williams was born in Missouri and spent the firstyears of his life in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, where his father was the Director of Counselling Services at the University of Waterloo. Williams graduated from the University of Waterloo with a degree in Fine Arts and then enrolled in the animation program at Sheridan College, Oakville, Ontario. Upon graduation from Sheridan, he was recruited by Disney, and moved to Los Angeles.

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