William R. Coughlan
- Directing
Biography
William R. Coughlan is an award-winning screenwriter and director, and founder and CEO of independent video production company Tohubohu Productions, LLC. He worked for several years with The Advisory Board Company (and its offshoot companies, CEB and EAB) in Washington, D.C., where he began as a graphic designer before creating a full-service in-house video and multimedia department, and then eventually moving into the ranks of creative department management. In addition, he provides creative oversight for the Public & Government Affairs team at Edelman, is the Creative Director of Jabberwocky Audio Theater, and served for several years on the Board of Directors for TIVA, the Television, Internet, and Video Association of DC, Inc., filling the roles of Treasurer and Vice President before finishing his tenure as President. He also enjoys acting, voiceover performance, design and illustration, editing, animation, and writing autobiographical comments in the third person. He is the illustrator of the therapeutic workbook Stories for Children with Problems & Wishes, has provided schematic graphics for several HBS case studies, designed the acclaimed Protégé clay poker chip line, served as the Critic at Large for the online literary magazine Inkblots, has been a judge for both the TIVA Peer Awards and the Emmy Awards, founded and co-hosted the long-running Tohubohu Producer Podcast, and is an accomplished animator and ambigram artist. He currently resides at a secret compound in Northern Virginia.
Known for
Filmography
- Unresolved · Director, Executive producer
- Devil in the Details · Director, Executive producer
- offKILLtr · Associate Producer, Editing
- Closure Corps · Editing, Writer
- Marry Me? · Director, Executive producer
- Separation Smackdown · Dillon Lessman, Director
- The Golden Cage of Television · Director, Executive producer
- Bombshell · Restaurant Patron, Director
- The Least Among Us · Director, Executive producer
- Believe Me · Office worker, Director
- The Rest of Your Life · Funeral Guest, Director
- Winston · Director, Producer
- The Greater Evil · Interrogator, Open-Carry Agitator
- Tex: Wisdom of the Old West · Grim Man, Director
- Codependence Day · Master Dante, Director
- Uke & Trust Me · Director, Executive producer
- The Writer’s Dilemma · Writer, Executive producer
- The Lake · Detective, Director
- Remorseless · Bystander, Director
- Touched by a Lawyer · Gunman, Director
- Green House · Director, Executive producer
- Number One With a Bullet · Director, Writer
- Liability · Director, Executive producer
- Uncertainty Principle · Director, Executive producer
- Please Forward · Director, Executive producer
- All Roads Lead Away · Director, Executive producer
- You Pay Your Dues · Director, Executive producer
- Machinations · Director, Executive producer
- Close Quarters · Director, Writer
- Homemade Hero · Office Worker, Producer
- The Big Lie (That Solves Everything) · Director, Executive producer
- Quite Contrary · Executive producer
- Screening Process · Bartender, Director
- Schlimmer · Director, Executive producer
- Loose Ends · Director, Producer