Willard Carroll

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Willard F. Carroll (born November 12, 1955 in Easton , Maryland ) is an American film director , film producer , screenwriter and animator .

Life

Carroll was executive producer of the series The Brave Little Toaster and wrote the scripts for the two sequels The Brave Little Toaster Flies to Mars and The Brave Little Toaster as a Savior in Need . He wrote and directed the horror - Adventure Anthony 3 , the romantic episode film Life and love in LA , Tom's Secret Garden (film adaptation of Philippa Pearce's children's book When the clock struck thirteen ) and the Bollywood -Nachahmung Marigold . ForLiving and Loving in LA Carroll was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 1999 Berlinale .

He co- founded the production company Hyperion Pictures with Thomas L. Wilhite, a former Disney executive who approved Oz - A Fantastic World . The studio published, among others, Thumbelina & Thumbelina , The Story of the Teddy That Nobody Wanted , Rover & Daisy and Bébé's Kids .

Filmography (selection)

As a director

  • 1991: Anthony III (The Runestone)
  • 1998: Living and Loving in LA (Playing by Heart)
  • 1999: Tom 's Midnight Garden
  • 2007: Marigold

As a screenwriter

  • 1991: Anthony III (The Runestone)
  • 1996: Virtual Oz
  • 1996: Toto Lost in New York
  • 1996: The Nome Prince and the Magic Belt
  • 1996: Who Stole Santa?
  • 1996: The Successor (screenplay)
  • 1996: Christmas in Oz (short film)
  • 1997: Underground Adventure
  • 1997: The Return of Mombi
  • 1997: The Monkey Prince
  • 1997: Journey Beneath the Sea
  • 1997: The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue
  • 1998: The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars
  • 1998: Living and Loving in LA (Playing by Heart)
  • 1999: Tom 's Midnight Garden
  • 2007: Marigold

As a film producer

  • 1986: The Nutcracker (Nutcracker)
  • 1991: Rover & Daisy (Rover Dangerfield)
  • 1992: Bébé's Kids
  • 1998: Living and Loving in LA (Playing by Heart)

Trivia

Carroll is a passionate fan of the fictional world of Oz . He owns what is believed to be the largest private collection of Oz memorabilia in the world. Parts of it have been featured in several books, including The Wizard of Oz Collectors' Treasury and All Things Oz . Among other things, Carroll owns the Hourglass of the Wicked Witch of the West from the 1939 MGM film . He wrote and produced several films in the Oz Universe and the TV series The Oz Kids .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Brave Little Toaster (USA, 1987). In: Wishlist.de. Retrieved October 16, 2019 .
  2. ↑ John Parker: Sean Connery: The Biography . First German ed. Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, Munich 2005, ISBN 978-3-95530-681-6 .
  3. ↑ The brave little toaster as a savior in an emergency. In: Filmdienst.de. Retrieved October 16, 2019 .
  4. ^ Anthony 3. In: Filmdienst.de. Retrieved October 16, 2019 .
  5. ↑ "Living and Loving in LA": Glossy Feeling: A Willard Carroll Film. In: Tagesspiegel.de. Retrieved October 16, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Tom's Secret Garden - When the clock struck 13. In: Filmstarts.de. Retrieved October 16, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Rachel Saltz: A Bratty American Star in Bollywood. In: The New York Times. August 17, 2007, accessed October 16, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Programs 1999. In: Berlinale.de. Retrieved October 8, 2019 (listed under the original title Playing by Heart ).
  9. ^ Samuel J. Umland: The Tim Burton Encyclopedia . 1st edition. Rowman & Littlefield, 2015, ISBN 978-0-8108-9200-2 , pp. 243 .
  10. ↑ Jonathan Turner: Maine man loves to collect all things 'Oz'. In: QConline. June 8, 2016, archived from the original on October 16, 2019 ; accessed on October 16, 2019 (English).
personal data
SURNAME Carroll, Willard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Carroll, Willard F.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film director, film producer, screenwriter, and animator
DATE OF BIRTH November 12, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Easton , Maryland , United States