Wisher, William, Jr. (Bill Wisher, William Wisher)

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Wisher, William, Jr. (Bill Wisher, William Wisher)

PERSONAL

Addresses:

Manager—Course Management, 15159 Greenleaf St., Sherman Oaks, CA 91403.

Career:

Screenwriter and actor.

Awards, Honors:

Saturn Award nomination (with James Cameron), best writing, Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Films, 1992, for Terminator 2: Judgment Day.

CREDITS

Film Work:

Executive producer, Live Free or Die Hard (also known as Die Hard 4.0), Twentieth Century-Fox, 2007.

Film Appearances:

The Reunion, 1977.

Raj, Xenogensis (short), 1978.

Policeman (1-L19), The Terminator, Orion, 1984.

(As William Wishman) Bill Tyler, reporter, The Abyss, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1989.

(Uncredited) Galleria photographer, Terminator 2: Judgment Day (also known as El Exterminator 2, T2, T2—Terminator 2: Judgment Day, and Terminator 2—Le jugement dernier), TriStar, 1991.

Himself, Other Voices: Creating "The Terminator" (documentary), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Home Entertainment, 2001.

Television Appearances; Specials:

(As Bill Wisher) Dive team, James Cameron's "Expedition: Bismarck", Discovery Channel, 2002.

WRITINGS

Screenplays:

(As William Wisher) Terminator 2: Judgment Day (also known as El Exterminator 2, T2, T2—Terminator 2: Judgment Day, and Terminator 2—Le jugement dernier), TriStar, 1991.

(As William Wisher) Judge Dredd, Buena Vista, 1995.

(As William Wisher) The 13th Warrior (also known as The Thirteenth Warrior), Buena Vista, 1999.

(As William Wisher) Dominion: Prequel to "The Exorcist " (also known as Paul Schrader's "Exorcist: The Original Prequel"), Warner Bros., 2005.

Film Writing; Other:

(As William Wisher) Additional dialogue, The Terminator, 1984.

(As William Wisher) Film story, Judge Dredd, 1995.

(As William Wisher) Film story, Exorcist: The Beginning, Warner Bros., 2004.

Television Movies:

(As William Wisher) Desperado: The Outlaw Wars, NBC, 1989.