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Bernard Williams

Known For
Production

Known Credits
2

Gender
Male

Birthday
January 1, 1942 (84 years old)

Place of Birth
London, England, UK

Bernard Williams

Biography

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.

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Known For

Production

2006Charlotte's Web...Executive Producer
2003Daredevil...Executive Producer
2003Daredevil...Unit Production Manager
2001The Score...Executive Producer
2001The Score...Unit Production Manager
1999Bowfinger...Executive Producer
1999Bowfinger...Unit Production Manager
1996Blood and Wine...Executive Producer
1996Blood and Wine...Unit Production Manager
1994Star Trek: Generations...Executive Producer
1994Star Trek: Generations...Unit Production Manager
1993So I Married an Axe Murderer...Executive Producer
1993So I Married an Axe Murderer...Unit Production Manager
1992Housesitter...Executive Producer
1992Housesitter...Unit Production Manager
1991What About Bob?...Co-Producer
1990Navy Seals...Producer
1988Dirty Rotten Scoundrels...Producer
1987Who's That Girl...Producer
1986Wisdom...Producer
1986Miracles...Producer
1984The Bounty...Producer
1982Amityville II: The Possession...Executive Producer
1981Ragtime...Executive Producer
1980Flash Gordon...Executive Producer
1978The Big Sleep...Associate Producer
1977The Last Remake of Beau Geste...Associate Producer
1975Barry Lyndon...Associate Producer
1972Lady Caroline Lamb...Producer
1971A Clockwork Orange...Associate Producer
1970Brotherly Love...Production Manager
1969Battle of Britain...Production Manager
1966The Quiller Memorandum...Unit Manager

Directing

1988Dirty Rotten Scoundrels...First Assistant Director
1986Wisdom...First Assistant Director
1965Bunny Lake Is Missing...Assistant Director
1961The Day the Earth Caught Fire...Third Assistant Director

Acting

2011Once Upon a Time… A Clockwork Orangeas Self
2007Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'as Self