About

Known credits:
14
Birthday:
1942-08-31
Place of birth:
New York City, New York, USA
Website:
N/A

William Tannen

Overview

Born and raised in New York City, William "Bill" Tannen graduated from Boston University and pursued a career in advertising. He created the famous "Girl Watchers" campaign for Diet Pepsi in 1967, which won four Clio Awards, and then created his own company, Sunday Productions, to produce TV commercials. Tannen moved to Los Angeles in 1972 and continued to direct commercials all over the world, garnering five more Clios in the process. Tannen directed his first feature film, "Flashpoint," in 1984, and went on to direct numerous films, TV series and music videos, the latter including the Commodore's "Night Shift" in 1985, which won a Grammy Award for Best R&B Video. Tannen has also taught director's workshops at the EICAR International Film School in Paris, France.

Known for

Acting
1988 Hero and the Terror Actor Civil Engineer 58
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Directing
2006 Ozzie Directing Director 58
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2006 Night Of Terror Directing Director 58
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2005 The Cutter Directing Director 58
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2004 Nobody Knows Anything! Directing Director 58
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1999 Love Lies Bleeding Directing Director 59
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1994 WindRunner Directing Director 59
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1994 The Goodbye Bird Directing Director 58
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1993 Inside Edge Directing Director 58
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1988 Hero and the Terror Directing Director 58
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1987 Deadly Illusion Directing Director 58
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1984 Flashpoint Directing Director 59
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Writing
1991 Cover-Up Writing Writer 57
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Production
2004 Nobody Knows Anything! Production Executive Producer 58
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