Will de los Santos

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Will De Los Santos American Cult Author/Screenwriter/Filmmaker b. circa 1965.

(Creator/Screenwriter/Producer) of the movie cult-classic "Spun" (2003, Sony/Columbia Tri-Star) starring Jason Schwartzman, Mickey Rourke, Mena Suvari, Brittany Murphy, John Leguizamo and Debra Harry. De Los Santos also wrote the screenplay based on the Afro-American Icon Iceberg Slim's novel, "Mama Black Widow" (2008), starring Kerry Washington, Mos Def, Rihanna, Jeffery Wright and Macy Gray.

Half-Irish and half Hawaiian-American descent. Son of Tiki Santos (Abraham De Los Santos) Actor/Hawaiian politician of the 1950's and 60's.

Raised in Southern California where he became a schoolboy standout in basketball and baseball at Chaffey High School in Ontario, CA earning athletic scholarships first at Point Loma College (San Diego, CA), then at Eastern Oregon University (La Grande, OR).