William DearAKA:
Bill Dear
Nationality:
Canadian Birthdate:
00/00/1944 Birthplace:
Canada
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biography
Capable Hollywood craftsman who has been busy as a writer, director, and producer in film and TV since the mid-1970s. Dear has quietly carved several niches for himself in the industry as a director of commercials, TV pilots ("Dinosaurs", "Covington Cross"), and direct-to-video comic films (the Firesign Theatre's "Nick Danger--The Case of the Missing Yoke"). Between 1983 and 1985 alone, he received two Directors' Guild Award nominations and 12 Clio Award nominations for his direction and shooting of commercials. Dear has also proven himself to be a canny creator of popular family
Credits
milestones
Year
Milestone
Moved with family from Toronto to Dearborn, Michigan
1969
Directed and co-wrote the short film, "Mr. Grey"; won a Special Jury Award Gold Medal at the Atlantic Film Festival
Worked in film in Detroit, writing, directing, and lensing commercials, documentaries, and industrial films in addition to independent projects
1975
Feature directing debut, "Nymph"
1976
Feature debut as producer and cinematographer, "The Northville Cemetery Massacre/No Where to Run/Wheels of Death" (also co-directed)
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