William Wilson Biography

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WILLIAM W. WILSON III (Executive Producer) has more than 25 years' experience in motion picture production in more than 20 countries on five continents. He recently served as Executive Producer on Disney's “The Santa Clause 2” and “Joe Somebody,” both with Tim Allen, and “One True Thing” with Meryl Streep, Renee Zellweger and William Hurt. He co-produced “The Santa Clause” and “Jungle 2 Jungle” with Tim Allen; “The Three Musketeers” with Charlie Sheen and Kiefer Sutherland; “A Far Off Place” with Reese Witherspoon; “The Phantom of the Opera,” Tony Richardson's miniseries adaptation with Burt Lancaster; and the Russian portion of Walt Disney's 360-degree theme park spectacle, “From Time to Time.” In addition, he served as Second Unit Director on “Joe Somebody,” “One True Thing,” “Jungle 2 Jungle” and “A Far Off Place.”

Wilson supervised European production on Dan Curtis' ambitious 30-hour miniseries “War and Remembrance” with Robert Mitchum, Jane Seymour and Sir John Gielgud. He also worked in various production capacities on the British miniseries “Wagner” with Richard Burton and Vanessa Redgrave, the ABC miniseries “Inside the Third Reich” with Rutger Hauer, “Firefox” with Clint Eastwood, “Night Crossing” with John Hurt and Jane Alexander, “Hopscotch” with Walter Matthau and Glenda Jackson, “The Prisoner of Zenda” with Peter Sellers and the original “The Never Ending Story.” Wilson also coordinated the International Animator Competition for Disney throughout Eastern Europe and Russia and was Director of European Production for Walt Disney Pictures and Television in Paris.