Will was born and raised in London and Bangkok. A degree at Wimbledon School of Art in Theatre & Film was followed by a spell at the Royal College of Art.
The first 15 years of Will’s career was spent mainly designing music videos and commercials which took Will all over the world.
The past 10 years has seen Will also contribute to numerous films and long form projects as a Concept Designer including “World War Z”, “Jack the Giant Slayer”, “The Edge of Tomorrow”, “Jupiter Ascending”, “The Man from U.N.C.L.E.”, “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” gaining an ADG (Art Directors Guild) nomination, “ROGUE ONE: A Star Wars Story” gaining an ADG nomination, “SOLO: A Star Wars Story”.
Will Also worked on “No Time To Die” as a Concept Designer gaining an ADG award win and development for DisneyPlus’ streaming service series “Star Wars: Kenobi”, and more recently as Senior Concept Designer for “Andor”.
As Production Designer, Will recently completed designing “Ant Man & Wasp: QUANTUMANIA” for Director Peyton Reed and Marvel Studios.
Will has been in development Production Designing a new project with Taika Waititi and Lucasfilm Ltd.
As well as developing world building live and scripted ideas, Will is also developing mixed reality/XR artworks & projects with Producer Jo Paton Htay as HTAYDESIGN.
Article about drawing and design in The Production Designers Collective: https://www.productiondesignerscollective.org/william-htay