Bernard Williams
- Production
- 1 janvier 1942 · London, England, UK
- 4 janvier 2015
Biographie
Bernard Telvin Williams (10 May 1942–4 January 2015) was a British film producer. Williams' credits included producer on two movies with Stanley Kubrick, as well as six films for director Frank Oz. Williams was born in London. He began his career in filmmaking by working inside the mailroom of Associated British Pictures when he was a teenager. He later married Valerie Norman Dannels, the daughter of the film director Leslie Norman, with whom he had three children, Dana, Vanessa, and Howard. He and his family moved from the United Kingdom to Los Angeles, California, in 1981 to pursue his production career. Williams' marriage to Valerie Norman Dannels ended in divorce. Williams served as the second and third director for two films in the early 1960s: the science fiction film, The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961), and Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965), directed by Otto Preminger. Williams also worked as a production manager for the British television series The Prisoner (1967–68), a project associated with actor Patrick McGoohan. Additionally, he served as a production manager for the film Battle of Britain (1969), which was directed by Guy Hamilton. Williams was an associate producer on Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange (1971) and Barry Lyndon (1975). He was a producer or associate producer on six films with director Frank Oz, beginning with Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988). His other collaborations with Oz were What About Bob? (1991), Housesitter (1992), The Indian in the Cupboard (1995), Bowfinger (1999), and The Score (2001). Williams also produced The Big Sleep (1978), a remake of the 1946 film; Flash Gordon (1980); Ragtime (1981); The Bounty (1984), starring Mel Gibson and Anthony Hopkins; Manhunter (1986), which was directed by Michael Mann; and Daredevil (2003), a superhero film starring Ben Affleck. With Rosilyn Heller, Williams co-produced Who's That Girl (1987), starring Madonna. His additional production credits included The Last Remake of Beau Geste (1977); So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993); and Blood and Wine (1996). His last film was Charlotte's Web (2006). Bernard Williams died from stomach cancer in Burbank, California, on 4 January 2015, at the age of 72. He was survived by his former wife and his three children. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bernard Williams (producer), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmographie
- Il était une fois… Orange Mécanique · En personne
- Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange' · En personne
- Le Petit Monde de Charlotte · Production exécutive
- Daredevil · Production exécutive, Unit Production Manager
- The Score · Unit Production Manager, Production exécutive
- Bowfinger, roi d'Hollywood · Production exécutive, Unit Production Manager
- Blood and Wine · Unit Production Manager, Production exécutive
- Star Trek : Générations · Production exécutive, Unit Production Manager
- Quand Harriet découpe Charlie · Production exécutive, Unit Production Manager
- Fais comme chez toi ! · Production exécutive, Unit Production Manager
- Quoi de neuf, Bob ? · Coproduction
- Navy Seals : Les Meilleurs · Production
- Le Plus Escroc des deux · Production, First Assistant Director
- Who's That Girl · Production
- Wisdom · Production, First Assistant Director
- Tout va trop bien · Production
- Le Bounty · Production
- Amityville II : Le Possédé · Production exécutive
- Ragtime · Production exécutive
- Flash Gordon · Production exécutive
- Le Grand Sommeil · Associate Producer
- Mon 'beau' légionnaire · Associate Producer
- Barry Lyndon · Associate Producer
- Lady Caroline Lamb · Production
- Orange mécanique · Associate Producer
- Country Dance · Production Manager
- La Bataille d'Angleterre · Production Manager
- Le Secret du rapport Quiller · Unit Manager
- Bunny Lake a disparu · Assistant Director
- Le jour où la Terre prit feu · Third Assistant Director