Phil Willis(II)

Animator Phil Willis hails from Sydney, Australia. Phil graduated from Maryborough State High School in 1991. In 1995 Willis graduated with a Bachelor's Degree from the University of Queensland, where he majored in Engineering and minored in Computer Software. He worked as a software engineer for fourteen years and spent four years in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania prior to returning to Australia and becoming an animator. Phil is one of almost 150 artists who contributed to the 2009 feature "Night of the Living Dead: Reanimated." Willis runs the blog AnimationIdeas.com in his spare time. Phil graduated from Animation Mentor in March, 2010 and has made several film shorts. He enjoys reading, running, playing music, writing, theatre sports, and participating in chess, poker, and Scrabble tournaments.