William R. Mayers

William Robin Mayers (born January 21, 1971) is an American animator, writer, director, storyboard artist, cartoonist, producer, and voice actor who is primarily known for creating the teen series Bertram and also the more recent Nintendo TV series 50th Neighborhood, he is best friends with Patrick Sawyer and Walter Smith, he also works for companies like DreamWorks Animation and Blue Sky Studios.

Early Life
Mayers was born in Portland on January 21, 1971, being the youngest of three brothers, Mayers lived his childhood in Portland, Oregon, until he moved to Los Angeles at the age of 12, in order to have better studies. Mayers was such a fan of cartoons, that he was even drawing his own characters at age 7, and in an interview in 2018 he said that he had dreams of being a famous animator back then. Mayers had a courtship with Adeline Haggard for two years, until in 1990 Mayers married Adeline, who were 19 and 23 years old respectively. At the age of 18, Mayers studied animation at the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), and continued studying there even after marrying Adeline.

Career
Mayers began his career in 1990, after, with the help of John Ray Alister, entering the animation industry at Nintendo Studios, his first project being Charlie's Typical Life, a series for young adults that he created with John Ray Alister, more Later Mayers wanted to start making his own animated series by himself, so he was making ideas during the late 1990s and 1991, and he was inspired by part of his life when he was 12 years old, and also added some typical pre-teen things. of the 90s, and that's where Bertram was born, Mayers wanted this to be a series that was aimed at teenagers and young adults, because he felt that he had more freedom in terms of content, something that he could not do in a series for children, and more taking Taking into account the objective of Nintendo Studios, so in 1991 Mayers presented the project to Nintendo Studios, who gave it the green light to be broadcast on Nintendo TV, and finally Bertram was released in 1992, being a great success, something that Which Mayers personally didn't expect, as he thought people weren't interested in another person's life, so he continued to work on Bertram while working on the other series he created with Alister.

Personal Life
Mayers currently lives in Los Angeles, and continues to work with Nintendo Studios, he has two sons he had with his ex-wife, he did not remarry, and therefore he is single, something that Mayers does not mind personally, also in his free time is spent drawing or spending time with friends and sons