Willard Carroll

Personal Info

Known For Writer

Gender Male

Place of Birth Easton, Maryland, USA

Willard Carroll

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Willard Carroll (born 1955 in Easton, Maryland) is an American film producer, writer, and director. He was executive producer of The Brave Little Toaster series, writing the screenplays for The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue and The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars. He wrote and directed the Ragnarok-themed horror/adventure film The Runestone, the ensemble romance, Playing by Heart, the family film, Tom's Midnight Garden, and the Bollywood pastiche, Marigold. An ardent fan of the Land of Oz, Carroll is recognized as having the largest privately-held collection of Oz memorabilia in the world, and several books, including The Wizard of Oz Collectors' Treasury and All Things Oz have been published displaying parts of is collection, which includes the Wicked Witch of the West's hourglass from the 1939 MGM film. He also wrote and produced the video series, The Oz Kids. He established Hyperion Pictures with Thomas L. Wilhite, a former Disney executive who greenlighted Return to Oz. Other animated films his studio released include The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina, The Tangerine Bear, Rover Dangerfield, and Bebe's Kids. Description above from the Wikipedia article Willard Carroll, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Writer

2007
Marigold

as Screenplay

2007
Marigold

as Story

2007
Marigold

as Dialogue

1999
Tom's Midnight Garden

as Screenplay

1998
1996
1996
1996
Christmas in Oz

as Writer

1996
1996
Virtual Oz

as Writer

1996
1991
The Runestone

as Screenplay

Producer

2005
The Proud Family Movie

as Executive Producer

2004
Three Way

as Executive Producer

2001
My Louisiana Sky

as Executive Producer

1999
O' Christmas Tree

as Executive Producer

1999
The Sissy Duckling

as Executive Producer

1999
Jingle Bells

as Executive Producer

1998
Playing by Heart

as Producer

1998
1997
Killing Mr. Griffin

as Executive Producer

1997
1992
1992
Bebe's Kids

as Producer

1987
The Brave Little Toaster

as Executive Producer

Director

2007
Marigold

as Director

1999
1998
Playing by Heart

as Director

1996
Bone Chillers

as Director

1991
The Runestone

as Director