Bill Thyen

Bill Thyen

Crew Information Gender: Male ♂ Job: Background layout artist Background designer Prop designer Birth date: May 12, 1970 (1970-05-12) Status: Active Number of episodes: 80 Seasons active: Season 30 - Present First short: Playdate with Destiny Most recent short: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year First episode: "Woo-Hoo Dunnit?" Most recent episode: "Sashes to Sashes"

William P. "Bill" Thyen (born May 12, 1970) is an American animator. He currently serves as a background layout artist for The Simpsons and previously served as a background designer.

Credits

Background layout

Episode – "Woo-Hoo Dunnit?" Episode – "Livin La Pura Vida" Episode – "Thanksgiving of Horror" Episode – "Todd, Todd, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?" Episode – "Bobby, It's Cold Outside" Episode – "The Miseducation of Lisa Simpson" Episode – "Bart the Bad Guy" Episode – "Better Off Ned" Episode – "The Incredible Lightness of Being a Baby" Episode – "The Hateful Eight-Year-Olds" Episode – "Undercover Burns" Episode – "I, Carumbus" Episode – "Now Museum, Now You Don't" Episode – "Three Dreams Denied" Episode – "The Road to Cincinnati" Episode – "The Dad-Feelings Limited" Episode – "Wad Goals" Episode – "Yokel Hero" Episode – "Uncut Femmes" Episode – "Burger Kings" Episode – "The Man from G.R.A.M.P.A." Episode – "The Star of the Backstage" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXXII" Episode – "The Wayz We Were" Episode – "A Serious Flanders (Part 1)" Episode – "A Serious Flanders (Part 2)" Episode – "Mothers and Other Strangers" Episode – "A Made Maggie" Episode – "Pixelated and Afraid" Episode – "Boyz N the Highlands" Episode – "Pretty Whittle Liar" Episode – "My Octopus and a Teacher" Episode – "Girls Just Shauna Have Fun" Episode – "Marge the Meanie" Episode – "Meat Is Murder" Episode – "Habeas Tortoise" Episode – "The King of Nice" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXXIII" Episode – "From Beer to Paternity" Episode – "Step Brother from the Same Planet" Episode – "Game Done Changed" Episode – "My Life as a Vlog" Episode – "Carl Carlson Rides Again" Episode – "Bartless" Episode – "Pin Gal" Episode – "Write Off This Episode" Episode – "Clown V. Board of Education" Episode – "A Mid-Childhood Night's Dream" Episode – "McMansion & Wife" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXXIV" Episode – "Iron Marge" Episode – "Ae Bonny Romance" Episode – "Clan of the Cave Mom" Episode – "Cremains of the Day" Episode – "The Tell-Tale Pants" Episode – "Bart's Birthday" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXXV" Episode – "Women in Shorts" Episode – "Homer and Her Sisters" Episode – "O C'mon All Ye Faithful" Episode – "The Past and the Furious" Episode – "The Last Man Expanding" Episode – "P.S. I Hate You" Episode – "Full Heart, Empty Pool" Episode – "Estranger Things" Episode – "Keep Chalm and Gary On" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXXVI" Episode – "Men Behaving Manly" Episode – "Bart 'N' Frink" Episode – "Sashes to Sashes" Special – Plusaversary Special – May the 12th Be with You Special – The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

Background design

• Episode – "The Winter of Our Monetized Content"
• Episode – "Go Big or Go Homer"
• Episode – "The Fat Blue Line"

• Episode – "Gorillas on the Mast"

• Episode – "Hail to the Teeth"

• Episode – "The Way of the Dog"

• Episode – "Podcast News"

Prop design

• THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXX"

• Episode – "Warrin' Priests: Part One"

Background layout/design

• Special – Playdate with Destiny

• Special – The Force Awakens from Its Nap

External links

• Bill Thyen at the Internet Movie Database

Background designers

Current background designers Lynna Blankenship • Daniel Chiu • Sean Coons • Jabu Henderson • TJ Kim • Hugh MacDonald • Maria Mariotti-Parker • Jeffrey A. Mertz • Mark Mulgrew • Debbie Peterson • Mike Pettengill • Steve Pilapil • Javier Pineda • Charles Ragins • Chris Stephen Sentovich • Lance Wilder Former background designers Ben Anderson • Alvaro Arce • Timothy Bailey • John Berman • Chris Bolden • Andy Chen • Chad E. Cooper • Seth Cooper • Jarod Daetwiler • Ralph Delgado • Alexander C. Dilts • Edgar Duncan • Tria Ellison • Leasa Epps-Eisele • Ernesto Escobar • Dillon Froelich • Sarah Frost • Ed Ghertner • Adam Greeley • Heejin Han • Phil Hayes • Sam Ho • Gary Hoffman • Trevor Johnson • John Krause • Christian Lignan • John Liu • Tom Madrid, Jr. • Walter Mancia • Jeff "Swampy" Marsh • Kevin N. Moore • Phil Ortiz • John Pattison • Chuck Puntuvatana • Jeffrey Purves • Gerald Clifford Rey • Dean Scammahorn • George Taylor • Bill Thyen • Rene Vega • George Villaflor • Ian Wilcox • Glen Wuthrich • Phillip O. Yeo Other background designers Geoffrey Anderson • David Beall • Ryan Cheetham • Andrew DeLange • Charles Garcia • John Gibson • Tim Hwang • Heejin Kim • Roman Laney • John Seymore • Robert Soussana • George Stokes • Antonio Torres • Arnel Torres • Lindsay Woods

Background layout artists

Current background layout artists Ben Anderson • Geoffrey Anderson • Ryan Cheetham • Andy Chen • Jarod Daetwiler • Ralph Delgado • Dillon Froelich • Sam Ho • Heejin Kim • John Liu • Mike Pettengill • Steve Pilapil • Javier Pineda • Gerald Clifford Rey • George Stokes • Bill Thyen • Rene Vega • George Villaflor • Doug Walker • Phillip O. Yeo Former background layout artists John Achenbach • Young Baek • Timothy Bailey • John Berman • Sue Bielenberg • Lynna Blankenship • Jennifer Bogartz • Chris Bolden • Brent M. Bowen • Andrew Burrell • Mark Bykov • Mike Camarillo • Paul Castro • Daniel Chiu • Sean Coons • Chad E. Cooper • Alfred "Tops" Cruz • Carol Delmindo Datuin • Peter J. DeLuca • Claude Denis • Alexander C. Dilts • Arnold Doong • Edgar Duncan • Eric Dunn • Mark Ervin • Leasa Epps-Eisele • Sarah Frost • Tricia Garcia • Monette Goldman • Adam Greeley • Heejin Han • Phil Hayes • Jake Hempe • Jabu Henderson • Gary Hoffman • Jeremy Horn • Mark Howard • Drew Johnson • Trevor Johnson • Dave S. Karoll • Atanas Karpelas • Kui Yong Kim • TJ Kim • Young Kim • John Krause • Nancy Kruse • John Lindauer • Hugh MacDonald • Maria Mariotti-Parker • Jeff "Swampy" Marsh • John Mathot • Pete Michels • Larry Miravalles • Jeff Myers • Matthew Nastuk • Carlos Nieto III • John Pattison • Debbie Peterson • Mike Frank Polcino • Cameron Porter • Charles Ragins • Becca Ramos • Jerry Richardson • Denis Rychlick • Rick Salonga • Dean Scammahorn • Peter Shin • Cole Shortt • Steve Smith • Chad Stewart • Tuck Tucker • Scott Uehara • Don Vanderbeek • Cliff Voorhees • Jefferson R. Weekley • Ian Wilcox • Glen Wuthrich Other background layout artists James P. Alles • Galina Budkin • Edgar Carlos • Derek Carter • Namsuk Cho • Randol Eagles • Natalie Franscioni Karp • Rodel Gravo • Lam Hoang • Cynthia Ignacio • Arlan Jewell • Hyung-Ki Kim • Yeon-Ju Kim • Alex J. Lee • Ashley Lenz • Juan Luna • Jeffrey A. Mertz • Gary Mouri • Mark Mulgrew • Gang Peng • Chuck Puntuvatana • Jeffrey Purves • Jonathan Pyun • Gerald Clifford Rey • Choun-Wung Son • Thomas Starnes • Allen Tam • Danny Taverna • Kevyn L. Wallace • Wallace Williamson • Chad Woods • Chung Sup Yoon • Jennifer Yuan

Prop designers

Current prop designers Darrel Bowen • Seth Cooper • John Krause • Kevin N. Moore • Ernie Ochoa • Jefferson R. Weekley Former prop designers Brent M. Bowen • Andrew Burrell • Daniel Chiu • Jarod Daetwiler • Lance Falk • Matthew Faughnan • Lucas Gray • Heejin Han • Ken Harsha • Dale Hendrickson • Sam Ho • Trevor Johnson • Heejin Kim • Alexandra Kube • John MacFarlane • Richard Manginsay • Kevin M. Newman • Mike Pettengill • John Rice • Tommy Tejeda • Bill Thyen • Joe Wack Other prop designers Lynna Blankenship • Liz Craig • Christy DeHoog • Lindse Fletcher • Nathan Gammill • Phillip Hartmann • Mark Mulgrew • Brent Noll • Gene Warren III