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William L. Arance

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The Happy Elf (2005)
William L. Arance is known for The Creator (2023), Mortal Kombat (1995) and Hellboy (2004).
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    • Nominated for 4 Primetime Emmys
      • 5 nominations total

    Known for

    John David Washington and Madeleine Yuna Voyles in The Creator (2023)
    The Creator
    6.7
    • Visual Effects
    • 2023
    Mortal Kombat (1995)
    Mortal Kombat
    5.9
    • Visual Effects(as Bill Arance)
    • 1995
    John Hurt, Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Ladislav Beran, Doug Jones, Karel Roden, Brian Steele, and Rupert Evans in Hellboy (2004)
    Hellboy
    6.9
    • Visual Effects
    • 2004
    Sylvester Stallone and Wesley Snipes in Demolition Man (1993)
    Demolition Man
    6.7
    • Visual Effects
    • 1993

    Credits

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    Visual Effects

    • Love, Death & Robots (2019)
      Love, Death & Robots
      8.4
      TV Series
      • assets modeling
      • 2025
    • Joaquin Phoenix in Napoleon (2023)
      Napoleon
      6.3
      • modeller: Outpost VFX (uncredited)
      • 2023
    • John David Washington and Madeleine Yuna Voyles in The Creator (2023)
      The Creator
      6.7
      • cg lead: Outpost VFX
      • 2023
    • John Goodman, Walton Goggins, Edi Patterson, Danny McBride, Skyler Gisondo, Cassidy Freeman, Adam Devine, Tony Cavalero, and Tim Baltz in The Righteous Gemstones (2019)
      The Righteous Gemstones
      8.1
      TV Series
      • modeler
      • 3d modeler: Outpost-VFX
      • 2023
    • Chris Hemsworth, Mariami Kovziashvili, and Marta Kovziashvili in Extraction II (2023)
      Extraction II
      7.0
      • 3d lead build: Outpost-VFX
      • 2023
    • Michael Dorn, Jonathan Frakes, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Patrick Stewart, Jeri Ryan, Michelle Hurd, and Ed Speleers in Star Trek: Picard (2020)
      Star Trek: Picard
      7.5
      TV Series
      • visual effects 3d modeler: Outpost VFX
      • 2023
    • Westworld (2016)
      Westworld
      8.4
      TV Series
      • 3d lead build: Outpost-VFX
      • 2022
    • John Cho, Mustafa Shakir, and Daniella Pineda in Cowboy Bebop (2021)
      Cowboy Bebop
      6.7
      TV Series
      • build artist: Outpost VFX (as William Arance)
      • 2021
    • Jared Harris, Lou Llobell, and Lee Pace in Foundation (2021)
      Foundation
      7.6
      TV Series
      • 3d modeler: Outpost-VFX
      • 2021
    • Daniel Bernhardt and Nina Bergman in Hell Hath No Fury (2021)
      Hell Hath No Fury
      4.8
      • 3d artist
      • 2021
    • James Pickens Jr., Ellen Pompeo, and Chandra Wilson in Grey's Anatomy (2005)
      Grey's Anatomy
      7.6
      TV Series
      • 3d modeler: Stargate Studios
      • 2011–2018
    • Bill Barretta, Melissa McCarthy, and Dorien Davies in The Happytime Murders (2018)
      The Happytime Murders
      5.5
      • 3d modeler: Stargate Studios
      • 2018
    • Scott Grimes, Penny Johnson Jerald, Seth MacFarlane, Peter Macon, Adrianne Palicki, J. Lee, Mark Jackson, and Halston Sage in The Orville (2017)
      The Orville
      8.0
      TV Series
      • 3d modeler: Stargate Studios
      • 2017
    • Andrew Lincoln in The Walking Dead (2010)
      The Walking Dead
      8.1
      TV Series
      • 3d modeler: Stargate Studios
      • 2013–2015
    • Edward Burns and Jon Bernthal in Mob City (2013)
      Mob City
      7.4
      TV Series
      • 3d modeler: Stargate Studios
      • 2013

    Animation Department

    • Prehistoric Assassins: Blood in the Water (2010)
      Prehistoric Assassins: Blood in the Water
      7.8
      TV Movie
      • animator
      • 2010
    • Prehistoric Monsters Revealed (2008)
      Prehistoric Monsters Revealed
      7.4
      TV Movie
      • animator (as Bill Arance)
      • 2008
    • Lindsay Lohan and Herbie in Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005)
      Herbie: Fully Loaded
      5.0
      • animatics
      • 2005
    • NASCAR Racers (1999)
      NASCAR Racers
      6.3
      TV Series
      • animator
      • 1999–2000

    Actor

    • Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze in Ghost (1990)
      Ghost
      7.1
      • Dark Ghost (uncredited)
      • 1990

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    The Happy Elf
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    The Happy Elf

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      • Bill Arance

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