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William M. Akers

Experience

WRITING - FEATURE FILM

SIMON: AN ENGLISH LEGIONNAIRE. Flying Turtle Prods., Martin Huberty, producer / director
IN A HEARTBEAT - Script doctor, Summertime Prods.
MONOPOLY - Disney Company, John R. Cherry co-writer
ERNEST RIDES AGAIN - Produced by Emshell Prod. Group, John R. Cherry co-writer, director
DAMN YOUR EYES - Universal Pictures, Avnet/Kerner Co. Jon Avnet, producer
HEAT LIGHTNING - MGM, American Filmworks, Bruce Gilbert, producer
THE WOLVES OF WILLOUGHBY CHASE - Produced by Zenith Prods. Ltd., London. Stuart Orme, director

WRITING - TELEVISION

I MARRIED A STRANGER; teleplay. Emshell Prod. Group
LOIS & CLARK; story. Warner Bros. Television
STRANGELUCK; staff writer. Fox, Unreality, Inc.
CRAZY LOVE; pilot segment. Unreality, Inc.
EERIE, INDIANA; staff writer. NBC, Unreality Inc.

PRODUCING

MOTOR MADNESS; supervising producer. TNN

DIRECTING

STEAMTOWN, 18 documentary videos; U.S. Park Service
DESIGNED IN THE 80'S, 28 min. docu.; G. Clark Prods.
Episode of TALES N' TUNES, Back Yard Prods.; Los Angeles

THEATRE

Tennessee Rep. FUNDRAISER - co-writer, eight years
A SAVAGE IN PARADISE - reading; Sardi's, New York
TED - reading; Dark Horse Theatre, Nashville
SELL IT! - Mayor's Conference on Economic Development

CORPORATE / PRINT

Speeches - Dye, Van Mol, Lawrence; Writing Seminar - M. Lee Smith, publisher; "Vernon" published in STORIES; Film reviews & articles for Nashville SCENE; Opinion column in NASHVILLE LIFE; articles for BUSINESS NASHVILLE, BOARD MEMBER

AWARDS

Non-broadcast Telly winner - STEAMTOWN
New Harmony Project full development - SOME SWEET DAY
CableAce nomination - WOLVES OF WILLOUGHBY CHASE
Tennessee Williams Scholar - Sewanee Writer's Conference

Education

Master of Fine Arts, Cinema Production, University of Southern California
Bachelor of Science, Vanderbilt University

Miscellaneous

Fluent French. Portraitist. Jeopardy! contestant. Boards: British American Film Academy, Belcourt Theater, Nashville Indep. Film Festival, Nashville Screenwriter's Conference, Friends of Vanderbilt Library.