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Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
January 1, 1961 (65 years old)
London, England, UK
Nick Willing
Biography
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Nick Willing is a British director, writer and producer of films and television programs.
Willing is the son of Portuguese painter Paula Rego and English artist Victor Willing and was largely brought up in Portugal, but settled in England at the age of 12. He graduated from The National Film and Television School in 1982 and started directing music videos for bands such as The Eurythmics, Bob Geldof, Swing Out Sister, Debbie Gibson, Kirsty MacColl, Kim Appleby, Tony Banks and Nik Kershaw.
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Throughout this period he was also writing screenplays, and in 1996 his adaptation of the Steve Szilagyi novel Photographing Fairies was financed by Polgram Filmed Entertainment and made into a feature film. Photographing Fairies was a critical success and won several awards including the Méliès d’Or in 1998.
Alice in Wonderland followed with a cast which included Whoopi Goldberg, Ben Kingsley, Robbie Coltrane, Martin Short, Peter Ustinov, Gene Wilder, Ken Dodd, Christopher Lloyd, George Wendt and Miranda Richardson. Alice was made for NBC television in 1999 and won 4 Primetime Emmys.
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Known For
Directing
Olympus
Director, Screenplay, Producer, Creator
2015
Altar
Director, Writer
2014
Baby Sellers
Director
2013
Neverland
Director, Writer
2011
Alice
Director, Writer, Creator
2009
Tin Man
Director
2007
The River King
Director
2005
Doctor Sleep
Writer, Director
2002
Jason and the Argonauts
Director, Creator
2000
Alice in Wonderland
Director
1999
Photographing Fairies
Director, Writer
1997