Nick Willing
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Nick Willing is a British director, writer and producer of films and television programs. [1]
He is the son of Portuguese painter Paula Rego [2] and English artist Victor Willing and was largely brought up in Portugal, but settled in England at the age of 12.
He graduated The National Film and Television School in 1982 and started directing music videos for bands such as The Eurythmics, Bob Geldof, Swing Out Sister, Debbie Gibson, Kirsty MacColl, Kim Appleby, Tony Banks and Nik Kershaw.
Throughout this period he was also writing screenplays, and in 1996 his adaptation of the Steve Szilagyi novel “Photographing Fairies” was financed by Polgram Filmed Entertainment and made into a feature film. “Photographing Fairies” was a considerable critical success and won several awards including the Méliès d’Or in 1998. [3]
“Alice in Wonderland” followed with a stellar cast which included Whoopi Goldberg, Ben Kingsley, Robbie Coltrane, Martin Short, Peter Ustinov, Gene Wilder, Ken Dodd, Christopher Lloyd, George Wendt and Miranda Richardson. Alice was made for NBC television in 1999 and won 4 Emmys.[4]
[edit] Director's Filmography
- 1997 - Photographing Fairies [5]
- 1999 - Alice in Wonderland (1999 film) [6]
- 2000 - Jason and the Argonauts (2000 film) [7]
- 2002 - Close Your Eyes aka Doctor Sleep aka Hypnotic [8]
- 2004 - Sea of Souls [9]
- 2005 - The River King [10] [11]
- 2006 - Jackanory, The Magician of Samarkand [12]and Muddle Earth [13]
- 2007 - Tin Man [14]
[edit] External Links
Photographing Fairies [15]
Hypnotic [16]
River King [17]
Alice in Wonderland [18]
