Paul Williams (director)

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Paul Williams (born 1943 in New York City), often credited as P.W. Williams, is an American director, writer, producer and actor best known for directing a series of films in the late-1960s to early-1970s exploring counterculture life: Out of It (1969), The Revolutionary (1970) and Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues (1972).[1] He also directed Nunzio for Universal (1975),[2] "Miss Right" (1981) for Sony, "Mirage" (1990), and "The November Men" (1994).

Career

In 1966, Williams, along with Edward Pressman, was a founding partner of Pressman Williams Enterprises which produced such films as

Sisters and Phantom of the Paradise
. As an actor, he appeared in films that he also directed including The November Men (1994) and Mirage (1996).

Williams produced his daughter's, Zoe Clarke-Williams, first film Men and directed The Best Ever in 2001. He spent years (2001–2003) preparing And the Walls Came Tumbling Down, a film about

fall of Communism in Western Europe
. The film was ultimately abandoned.

In 2015, Waterside Press published Williams' book about perception, extraordinary experience and the digital photographic process, Image of a Spirit.[3]

In the fall of 2017, The Orchard released his production of "The Amazing Adventure of Marchello the Cat", a feature film made with no cast other than live cats.

Filmography

References

  1. ^ Cronin, Paul (Spring 2023). "A Filmmaker Who Never Was: The Redemption of Paul Williams". Cinéaste. 48 (2): 16–20. Archived from the original on 2018-03-14.
  2. ^ "Manhattan Acting Studio founder reunites with acting inspiration". The Beach Reporter. March 13, 2018. Archived from the original on March 14, 2018. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
  3. ISSN 0194-6730
    . Retrieved November 1, 2024.
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