Biography:
Bill Mather is an award-winning Matte Artist, Illustrator, Set Designer and Art Instructor. He began his career at Matte World in 1987, creating miniature clouds and traditional matte paintings for the HBO film “By Dawns Early Light”. This won the fledgling artist an Emmy for the Best Special Visual Effects on his first professional endeavor. In addition, he received an Academy Award Nomination in 1993 for his work on Batman Returns. Among others, Bill’s matte and design work includes movies such as Forrest Gump, Jumanji, Star Wars Trilogy: Special Edition, Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, and The Polar Express.
Bill has been a creative force contributing to a wide variety of projects, working under the umbrella of Matte World, Colossal Pictures, and Industrial Light and Magic, where he worked as a Conceptual Artist and Digital Matte Painter.
To see samples of his artistic work: http://www.matherart.com/
Bill Mather working on a painting for Coppola´s ” Dracula”
Filmography:
Oblivion (matte painter: Digital Domain) (2013)
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones (2008) (V) (matte painter)
Beowulf (2007) (conceptual artist)
Monster House (2006) (concept artist)
The war of the Worlds (2006) (concept artist)
The Californians (2005) (visual effects supervisor)
The Polar Express (2004) (concept artist)
Men in Black II (2002) (digital matte artist: ILM)
“Enterprise” (matte paintings) (1 episode, 2002)
Murder by Numbers (2002) (digital matte artist: Matte World Digital)
The Majestic (2001) (digital matte artist)
“Alias” (digital matte artist) (2 episodes, 2001)
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001) (digital matte artist: Matte World Digital)
Space Cowboys (2000) (digital matte artist)
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert (1999) (V) (matte painter) (
Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999) (digital matte artist: ILM)
Snake Eyes (1998) (digital matte artist: ILM)
Lethal Weapon 4 (1998) (visual effects coordinator)
Deep Impact (1998) (digital matte artist: ILM)
Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980) (digital matte artist: ILM) (1997 special edition) (as William Mather)
Star Wars (1977) (digital matte artist: ILM) (1997 special edition) (as William Mather)
Contact (1997) (digital matte painting artist: ILM)
Men in Black (1997) (digital matte artist: ILM)
101 Dalmatians (1996) (digital matte artist: ILM)
Special Effects: Anything Can Happen (1996) (digital matte artist)
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Travels with Father (1996) (TV) (matte painter)
Jumanji (1995) (matte artist: ILM)
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Attack of the Hawkmen (1995) (TV) (digital matte artist) (as Bill Mathers)
Congo (1995) (digital matte painter: ILM)
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Treasure of the Peacock’s Eye (1995) (TV) (matte painter) (as Bill Mathers)
Star Trek: Generations (1994) (digital matte artist: ILM)
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Hollywood Follies (1994) (TV) (matte artist) (as Bill Mathers)
Forrest Gump (1994) (digital matte painter: ILM)
Wolf (1994) (digital matte artist: ILM)
Maverick (1994) (digital matte artist)
Ghost in the Machine (1993) (matte artist: Matte World)
“The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles” (digital matte artist: ILM) (1 episode, 1993) (matte painter) (1 episode, 1993)
A Far Off Place (1993) (matte artist)
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) (matte artist)
Batman Returns (1992) (matte artist: Matte World)
Far and Away (1992) (matte artist)
Leaving Normal (1992) (matte artist)
Dracula (1992) (matte artist)
All I Want for Christmas (1991) (matte artist)
Avalon (1990) (matte artist)
By Dawns early lights (1987) (miniature and matte artist: Matte World)