Dave Willis

Dave Willis
Willis at the 2008 DragonCon
Born	David Willis May 1, 1970 Wichita Falls, Texas, U.S.
Residence	Atlanta, Georgia
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Wake Forest University
Occupation	Voice actor, writer, producer, director, musician
Years active	1995–present
Known for	Aqua Teen Hunger Force Squidbillies Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell
Home town	Conyers, Georgia
Children	2

David "Dave" Willis (born May 1, 1970) is an American voice actor, writer, producer and musician. Willis is known for his work on Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, and Space Ghost Coast to Coast.^[1]

Career

Dave Willis has worked on various Adult Swim shows that are created primarily by Williams Street, an animation-centered, Atlanta-based production division of Cartoon Network. He first got hired for Williams Street (then Ghost Planet Industries) as a writer for Cartoon Planet in 1995 and then as a writer for Space Ghost Coast to Coast (SGC2C for short) soon after. In early 2000 he helped write and produce the two Brak Presents the Brak Show Starring Brak specials.

He was working on Space Ghost Coast to Coast where he first met Matt Maiellaro, with whom Willis would later create many independent short films and eventually create the popular Adult Swim cartoon Aqua Teen Hunger Force. Aqua Teen Hunger Force first premiered unannounced in the early hours of December 30, 2000 and later officially debuted on Adult Swim in the Fall of 2001. In 2005, he co-created the show Squidbillies. His works mostly fall into the genre of surreal humor.

In 2010 Dave Willis created Cheyenne Cinnamon and the Fantabulous Unicorn of Sugar Town Candy Fudge, a new television pilot for Adult Swim. The pilot aired on March 29, 2010, and was not picked up for a full series. In 2010 Willis co-wrote "New Kidney in Town", an episode of Family Guy.

He also voiced Andy DeMayo in the Steven Universe episode "Gem Harvest".

Personal life

Willis was born in Wichita Falls, Texas and was raised mostly in Conyers, Georgia. Willis graduated from Wake Forest University and was station manager at Wake Radio. He resides in Atlanta with his wife and two children.

Filmography

Year(s)	Production	Role(s)	Other notes
1995–1996	Cartoon Planet		Writer
1995–2008	Space Ghost Coast to Coast	Various	Writer, Producer (1996–2001), Actor (1996–2008)
2000	Brak Presents the Brak Show Starring Brak		Writer, Producer (TV Special)
2000–2015	Aqua Teen Hunger Force	Meatwad, Carl Brutananadilewski, Ignignokt, Boxy Brown, Various	Series also known by various alternative titles Co-Creator, Writer, Director, Producer, Actor
2000–2003	The Brak Show	George Martinez, Meatwad	Actor
2000–2005	Sealab 2021	Big Brain, Dolphin Boy Twins, Bizarro Dr. Quinn, Meatwad	Actor, Writer
2004–2007	Perfect Hair Forever	Coiffio	Writer, Actor
2004	Anime Talk Show	Meatwad	Writer (TV Special)
2004	Spacecataz	Ignignokt	Co-Creator, Writer, Director, Producer, Actor (Failed pilot)
2004–2005	Stroker and Hoop		Creative consultant
2005–present	Squidbillies	Narrator, Denny, various	Co-Creator, Writer, Director, Producer, Actor
2005–2006	12 Oz. Mouse	Rhoda	Actor
2007	Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film For Theaters	Meatwad, Carl Brutananadilewski, Ignignokt	Writer, Director, Producer, Actor (Feature film)
2007	Aqua Teen Hunger Force Zombie Ninja Pro-Am	Meatwad, Carl Brutananadilewski, Ignignokt, Trees, Announcer	Writer, Director, Actor (Video game)
2007–present	Carl's Stone Cold Lock of the Century of the Week	Carl Brutananadilewski	Creator, Actor (Online series)
2008	Young Person's Guide to History		Director, Producer (TV Special)
2009–present	Archer	Barry Dylan
2010	Cheyenne Cinnamon and the Fantabulous Unicorn of Sugar Town Candy Fudge		Creator, director, writer (Failed pilot)
2011	Family Guy		Writer (New Kidney in Town only)
2013–present	Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell	Krampus	Co-Creator, Director, Writer, Executive Producer, Actor
2013	Grand Theft Auto V	Carl Brutananadilewski as angry caller on Flylo FM radio station	Uncredited
2014	Too Many Cooks		Creative consultant
2016	Steven Universe	Andy DeMayo

See also

• Aqua Teen Hunger Force

References

1. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0932302/bio#mini_bio

External links

• Dave Willis at the Internet Movie Database
• Interview with Dave Willis on public radio program The Sound of Young America
• Dave Willis on Twitter
  
• The Swimcast – interview with Dave Willis, 2008-12-12
• The Swimcast – interview with Dave Willis, 2011-5-12