Nick Willing

Nick Willing

  • Birthday: 1/1/1961
  • Place of birth: London, England, UK
  • Fame for: Directing

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nick Willing, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

Doctor Sleep
Release date: 2/1/2002

Doctor Sleep

Role(s): Director

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Doctor Sleep
Release date: 2/1/2002

Doctor Sleep

Role(s): Writer

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Alice in Wonderland
Release date: 2/28/1999

Alice in Wonderland

Role(s): Director

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The River King
Release date: 10/21/2005

The River King

Role(s): Director

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Baby Sellers
Release date: 8/17/2013

Baby Sellers

Role(s): Director

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