John Hayward Williams (born June 17, 1953) is an American film producer known for his work both in live-action and in animation. He is mainly known for the mainline Shrek film franchise. He is the founder and owner of his own company, Vanguard Films which produces live-action and animated (through its sister skein Vanguard Animation ) products.
4-570: Vanguard Films & Animation , often named only as Vanguard Animation , is an American production studio founded in 2002 by producer John H. Williams and Neil Braun. The studio has offices in Vancouver, British Columbia , Canada and Ealing Studios in London , England , United Kingdom . Starz Distribution owns a minority stake in the studio. The studio was founded in 2002 by John H. Williams . For its launch, it signed with Ealing Studios
8-474: A four-picture deal to produce sub-$ 40 million computer-animated films. The following year, Vanguard sold a minority stake to IDT Corporation and partnered with its animation unit, Digital Production Solutions, to co-produce and co-own all Vanguard's properties, including Valiant (2005) produced for Disney . This article related to an animation studio is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . John H. Williams (film producer) Williams
12-555: A new label called Vanguard Comics. In 2014, partnering with Henry Skelsey, formed 3QU Media as a specialist in CG-animated feature films for the international marketplace. 3QU Media is producing in association with WV Enterprises. Williams is producing and SC Films International is handling foreign sales. This article about a United States film director born in the 1950s is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article relating to an American animator
16-517: Was born in Manhattan , New York City , on June 17, 1953. In 2001 shortly after working on Shrek , Williams founded Vanguard Animation and started working on projects such as Valiant (2005), Happily N'Ever After (2007), Space Chimps (2008) and its sequel Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back . He made his directorial debut on Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back . On June 6, 2008, John Williams along with Platinum Studios created
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