William Tannen

Personal Info

Known For Writer

Gender Male

Birthday 1942-08-31 (82 years old)

Place of Birth New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As Bill Tannen

William Tannen

Biography

Born and raised in New York City, William "Bill" Tannen graduated from Boston University and pursued a career in advertising. He created the famous "Girl Watchers" campaign for Diet Pepsi in 1967, which won four Clio Awards, and then created his own company, Sunday Productions, to produce TV commercials. Tannen moved to Los Angeles in 1972 and continued to direct commercials all over the world, garnering five more Clios in the process. Tannen directed his first feature film, "Flashpoint," in 1984, and went on to direct numerous films, TV series and music videos, the latter including the Commodore's "Night Shift" in 1985, which won a Grammy Award for Best R&B Video. Tannen has also taught director's workshops at the EICAR International Film School in Paris, France.

Known For

Writer

1991
Cover-Up

as Writer

Director

2006
Ozzie

as Director

2006
Night Of Terror

as Director

2005
The Cutter

as Director

2004
1999
Love Lies Bleeding

as Director

1994
WindRunner

as Director

1994
The Goodbye Bird

as Director

1993
Inside Edge

as Director

1988
1987
Deadly Illusion

as Director

1984
Flashpoint

as Director

Producer

2004
Nobody Knows Anything!

as Executive Producer

Actor

1988
Hero and the Terror

as Civil Engineer