Person
Willard Carroll
Writing
- Known for
- Writing
- From
- Easton, Maryland, USA
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.
Credits

Because of the Wonderful Things It Does: The Legacy of Oz

The Collector

Playing by Heart

Marigold

The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina

Nutcracker: The Motion Picture

O' Christmas Tree

The Runestone

The Brave Little Toaster

Killing Mr. Griffin

The Itsy Bitsy Spider

The Tangerine Bear: Home in Time for Christmas!

Three Way

The Sissy Duckling

Jingle Bells

The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue

The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars

Tom's Midnight Garden