William Pedraza Ibanez was born in Colombia but moved to Chicago, IL at the age of six. His passion for film, art and design led him to study theater and set design at the Southern Illinois University. Determined to live in the world of lights, he moved to LA where began his acting career participating in some films such as Troop Beverly Hills and La Bamba among others. Gaining experience in the world of production he gained interest set design and art direction, where he went off to gain over 2o years of experience in high end productions. Designing, building, choosing colors, decorating are his specialty, while maintaining speed and ease in solving mishaps that occur. Through the years of working on various productions he has won 6 Telly awards for Art Direction. Committed to his passion and work, he created WPIstudio, a studio where he hosts events for artist to collaborate, and exhibit work, as well as for productions for commercials, music videos etc. Above all always enjoying and loving what he does.