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William Charles Anthony Carr (born 13 February 1997) is an English SFX artist. He is best known for his work as a realism artist which can be found on his Instagram page @wcac_art. Carr initially aspired to be a professional Taekwondo athlete, but glandular fever forced him out of the sport. After joining the Gillingham School and studying hair, makeup and prosthetic's at the University of the Arts London, he became an special effects artist in 2010. Extending his repertoire into Special effects for theatre, he has since help create set pieces for the stage adaptation of Swimming with Sharks with Christian Slater, followed a year later by assisting in creating props and sets for That Face.

Early life
William Charles Anthony Carr was born on 13 February 1997 in Torquay, Devonshire, later moving to Wincanton, Somerset where he was raised. He is the son of Simon Carr and Sarah Middleton.He has 4 step siblings called Afrodite Carr, Despina Carr, Stephen Sellick and Mark Sellick. He attended Gillingham School and had planned to be a professional Taekwondo athlete, having practised for many years at Wincanton Tae Kwon-Do club. After a serious illness ruined this career, his mother introduced him to prop making by signing him up as a set design assistant in an adaptation of Twelve Angry Men without his consent. Although he took part in helping build sets and props for the play, he refused to attend a performing arts school for which his mother had also signed him up, as he saw himself as a Tae Kwon-Do Athlete and did not view prop design as socially acceptable. His mother persisted, and eventually persuaded him to join the University of the Arts London in Shepherdsbush.

After leaving school, Carr studied hair, makeup and prosthetic's at the University of the Arts London, graduating in 2021.