Dave Willis

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Dave Willis
Born	May 1, 1970
Occupation(s)	voice actor, writer, producer
Years active	1995-present
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Dave Willis is an American voice actor, writer, and producer and is the co-creator of Aqua Teen Hunger Force. Dave Willis has worked with various other [adult swim] shows, which are produced by Williams Street Studios. He was first hired in 1995 for Williams Street (which was then known as Ghost Planet Industries) as a writer/producer of Cartoon Planet and then as a writer for Space Ghost Coast to Coast (SGC2C or SGCTC for short) in 1996. In 2000, he helped writed and produce the two The Brak Show specials.

While working with Space Ghost Coast to Coast, Willis first met Matt Maiellaro, which of whom he would create many short films with and then eventually create Aqua Teen Hunger Force (ATHF for short). ATHF debuted on the then unnamed adult programming block in the early hours of December 30, 2000 with its pilot episode, "Rabbot," and would then officially debut on [adult swim] on September 9, 2001. From then on, ATHF has became the longest running show and one of the most successful shows on [adult swim]. Dave also provides many voices on ATHF, including Meatwad and Carl.

Dave Willis is also the creator of Squidbillies, a show about anthropomorphic hillbilly squids, which first aired in October 2005. Squidbillies has just finished its third season (second season in production order) and was purchased for 96 episodes. Since it's premiere, it has also become successful currently through its run.

Dave's works mostly fall into the surreal genre, and he has stated that he was inspired by animator Don Hertzfeldt.

[edit] Filmography

Title	Role	Active from
Cartoon Planet	Writer	1995-1996
Space Ghost Coast to Coast	Writer, producer	1996-2001
The Brak Show	Writer, producer	2000
Aqua Teen Hunger Force	Co-creater, writer, producer	2000-present
Perfect Hair Forever	Writer	2004-present
Spacecataz	Co-creater, writer, producer	2004
Squidbillies	Creater, writer, producer	2005-present
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters	Writer, producer	2007
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Zombie Ninja Pro-Am	Writer	2007

[edit] Voice acting

Title	Role
Aqua Teen Hunger Force	Meatwad Carl Ignignokt Boxy Brown Additional voices
Space Ghost Coast to Coast	Various voices
12 oz. Mouse	Rhoda
Squidbillies	Narrator Plumber Bubba
Perfect Hair Forever	Coiffio
The Brak Show	Allen Wrench

[edit] External Linkage/Sources

• Dave Willis at IMDb
• Dave Willis at Wikipedia
• Dave Willis Interview on public radio program The Sound of Young America