Death Williams
Tod Culpan Williams (born September 27, 1968 in New York City ) is an American director , film producer and screenwriter .
life and career
Williams, born in 1968, studied painting and literature before becoming a freelancer for the New York Times . His first film, The Adventures of Sebastian Cole, from 1998, with Adrian Grenier in the lead role, received mixed reviews and was not a huge success. His second film The Door in the Floor (2004) with Jeff Bridges , Kim Basinger and Elle Fanning in the leading roles was above all an artistic success. Williams has been nominated for two film awards: the International Literary Film Award and the Independent Spirit Awards 2005 . A major financial success, however, was Paranormal Activity 2 from 2010. In 2016, the horror thriller Puls with John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson , filmed based on the novel of the same name by bestselling author Stephen King , had its premiere.
Williams was married to Famke Janssen from 1995 to 2000 and has been to Gretchen Mol since 2004 . The couple have two children.
In 2010, Tod Williams was elected a full member of the National Academy of Design . He has been a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters since 2009 .
Filmography
- 1998: The Adventures of Sebastian Cole ( The Adventures of Sebastian Cole )
- 2004: The Door in the Floor - The Door in the Floor ( The Door in the Floor )
- 2010: Paranormal Activity 2
- 2016: Pulse ( Cell )
Web links
- Tod Williams in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ nationalacademy.org: National Academicians "W" ( Memento of the original from August 14, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed June 12, 2015)
- ↑ Academy Members. American Academy of Arts and Letters, accessed January 22, 2019 .
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SURNAME | Williams, death |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Williams, Tod Culpan (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American director |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 27, 1968 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City , New York State , United States |