Edson Williams is an American visual effects artist. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in cinematography from Brooks Institute of Photography. He became an adjunct professor at two colleges, teaching Matte painting, Computer Animation, and Composting curriculum using industry-standard software packages. At Brooks Institute of Photography, Williams developed the digital imaging program and was the lead visual effects instructor. In 1994, Williams founded the visual effects company Virtual Dynamics. In 1998, Williams consolidated his employees into the visual effects company, Pixel-Envy partnering with Greg Strause and Colin Strause. At Pixel-Envy, Edson was the lead compositor and responsible for digital effects supervision and on-set support. In 2003, Greg Strause and Colin Strause alo