William Simpson

William Simpson is an international artist, whose career began in comic strip art, working on a range of character icons: Judge Dredd, Rogue Trooper, Batman, Transformers, Hellblazer, Tyranny Rex, Aliens, Vamps and Indiana Jones.

In recent years he has developed his work in the film industry providing conceptual art and storyboards for a variety of feature films, such as: 'Reign of Fire', directed by Rob Bowman, 'Freeze Frame', directed by John Simpson, Neil Jordan's 'Breakfast on Pluto', and most recently, 'Game of Thrones' for HBO, David Gordon Green and Danny McBride's 'Your Highness' for Universal, Lord Richard Attenborough's 2006 production, 'Closing The Ring' and the Tom Hanks produced, 'City Of Ember'.

This exhibition showcases some of William's incredible concept artwork for film and television. His original pencil drawings will be on display in our level 5 gallery and the exhibition gives visitors of all ages and backgrounds a truly unique opportunity to see these wonderful images up close.