Willard Carroll
Known For: Writing
Biography
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.
Filmography
2024
- The Collector as self
2007
- Marigold ... (Director)
2005
- The Proud Family Movie ... (Executive Producer)
- Because of the Wonderful Things It Does: The Legacy of Oz as Himself
2004
- Three Way ... (Executive Producer)
2003
- The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina ... (Writer)
2001
- My Louisiana Sky ... (Executive Producer)
2000
- The Tangerine Bear: Home in Time for Christmas! ... (Executive Producer)
1999
- Jingle Bells ... (Executive Producer)
- The Sissy Duckling ... (Executive Producer)
- Tom's Midnight Garden ... (Screenplay)
- O' Christmas Tree ... (Executive Producer)
1998
- Playing by Heart ... (Director)
- The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars ... (Screenplay)
1997
- The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue ... (Executive Producer)
- Killing Mr. Griffin ... (Executive Producer)
1996
- Underground Adventure ... (Writer)
- The Monkey Prince ... (Writer)
- Christmas in Oz ... (Writer)
- Who Stole Santa? ... (Writer)
- Bone Chillers ... (Director)
- Journey Beneath the Sea ... (Writer)
- The Return of Mombi ... (Writer)
- Virtual Oz ... (Writer)
- Toto, Lost in New York ... (Writer)
- The Nome Prince and the Magic Belt ... (Writer)
- Saturday Morning Preview Party ... (Director)
1995
- Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child ... (Executive Producer)
1994
- The Successor ... (Screenplay)
1992
- The Itsy Bitsy Spider ... (Producer)
- Bebe's Kids ... (Producer)
1991
- The Runestone ... (Director)
- Rover Dangerfield ... (Producer)
1987
- The Brave Little Toaster ... (Executive Producer)
1986
- Nutcracker: The Motion Picture ... (Producer)