Errol Clyde Klotz (born June 8, 1961) is a Canadian television art director and

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. He worked as an assistant art director on several TV series filmed in

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, such as '' The Hitchhiker'', ''

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'' and ''

The X-Files ''The X-Files'' is an American science fiction drama television series created by Chris Carter. The series revolves around Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson), who ...

''; and as an illustrator on the films ''

This Boy's Life ''This Boy's Life'' is a 1993 American biographical coming-of-age drama film based on the memoir of the same name by author Tobias Wolff. It was directed by Michael Caton-Jones and stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Tobias "Toby" Wolff, Robert De Niro ...

'' and ''

Look Who's Talking Too ''Look Who's Talking Too'' is a 1990 American romantic comedy film and a sequel to director Amy Heckerling's 1989 comedy ''Look Who's Talking''. The film stars the original cast members John Travolta and Kirstie Alley as James and Mollie Ubriacc ...

''. He subsequently worked as a production designer for

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on the computer-animated series ''

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'' and also on The Transformers spin-off ''

Beast Wars Beast most often refers to: * Non-human animal * Monster Beast or Beasts may also refer to: Bible * Beast (Revelation), two beasts described in the Book of Revelation Computing and gaming * Beast (card game), English name of historical Fren ...

''.

Awards and nominations

Klotz was nominated for a Canadian Genie Award in 1996 for Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design on the film '' Magic in the Water''. His work on ''Beast Wars'' won him a

Daytime Emmy Award The Daytime Emmy Awards, or Daytime Emmys, are part of the extensive range of Emmy Awards for artistic and technical merit for the American television industry. Bestowed by the New York–based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences ...

for Outstanding Achievement in Animation in 1998.PBS early Daytime Emmy leader
''

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'', May 11, 1998.

Personal life

On January 1, 1994, Klotz married actress

Gillian Anderson Gillian Leigh Anderson ( ; born August 9, 1968) is an American actress. Her credits include the roles of FBI Special Agent Dana Scully in the series ''The X-Files'', ill-fated socialite Lily Bart in Terence Davies's film '' The House of Mirt ...

, who played

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on ''The X-Files'', where they met on the set. They have one daughter. They divorced in 1997.

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* 1961 births Living people Canadian people of German descent Canadian art directors Canadian production designers Daytime Emmy Award winners Canadian illustrators {{Canada-tv-bio-stub