Hello.

I’m William, and I like to tell stories.

Born in Huntsville, Alabama and raised in Mons, Belgium until I was eleven. My dad was an army officer, we travelled a lot. I spent most of my time drawing and writing stories and reading big books and watching movies.

Eventually everything clicked together and I decided I wanted to tell stories through the lens of camera. This led me to SCAD, where I learned every facet of film production from budgeting and scheduling to cinematography, lighting, and directing actors, to editing sound and music and properly color correcting footage. While there, I learned about and fell in love with French New Wave and Italian Neo-Realist cinema, and gained a new appreciation for the old Samurai films and Spaghetti westerns and Space Operas that I grew up with.

Professionally, I use my skills and knowledge to create authentic and truthful content that captivates audiences and meets clients’ various unique goals. I largely focus on documentary style content, but I love digging into scripted content and planning out complex scenes whenever I get the chance. Currently, I work primarily as a director and producer for advertisements and corporate videos, but love solving puzzles and taking on new and challenging projects. Someday I hope to direct a Star Wars film (or at least a behind-the-scenes documentary!)

Top Tens (In No Particular Order)

 

Films

Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (George Lucas)

Shoot the Piano Player (Francois Truffaut)

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (Sergio Leone)

Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino)

Sanjuro (Akira Kurosawa)

BladeRunner 2049 (Denis Villeneuve)

It’s A Wonderful Life (Frank Capra)

Singin’ in the Rain (Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen)

Blazing Saddles (Mel Brooks)

Ratatouille (Brad Bird)

Books

Bluebeard (Kurt Vonnegut)

Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)

1984 (George Orwell)

The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)

All The Pretty Horses (Cormac McCarthy)

Dante’s Inferno (Dante Alighieri)

When You Are Engulfed in Flames (David Sedaris)

Walden (Henry David Thoreau)

The Odyssey (Homer)

Falling Up (Shel Silverstein)

Places

Apt, Provence, France

Jonas Ridge, North Carolina, USA

Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Santorini, Santorini, Greece

Savannah, Georgia, USA

Bruges, West Flanders, Belgium

Istanbul, Marmara, Turkey

Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Prague, Prague, Czech Republic

Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland