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English screenwriter and producer
William Davies (sometimes credited William Davis or Will Davies ) is an English screenwriter and producer. He has written and co-written a number of films including
Twins (1988),
The Real McCoy (1993),
[1] the
Johnny English franchise (2003-2018),
Alien Autopsy (2006),
Flushed Away (2006),
How to Train Your Dragon (2010),
Puss in Boots (2011), and
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile (2022).
[2]
The British-born Davies is a graduate of
Mercersburg Academy and Cambridge University. He is the brother of television producer
Michael Davies and the opera singer
Rebecca de Pont Davies .
Filmography
Film
Television
Year
Title
Writer
Producer
Notes
1987
Student Exchange
Yes
No
TV movie
1994
Bermuda Grace
Yes
Yes
TV movie
1998
Ghost Cop
Yes
No
1 episode
2001
Red Cap
No
Yes
TV movie
2004
Red Cap
No
Yes
2 episodes
2022
Man vs. Bee
Yes
Yes
9-episode series
References
External links
Awards for William Davies
Brenda Chapman (1994)
Andrew Stanton ,
Joss Whedon ,
Joel Cohen and
Alec Sokolow (1996)
Rita Hsiao,
Chris Sanders ,
Philip LaZebnik , Raymond Singer and Eugenia Bostwick-Singer (1998)
Brad Bird and
Tim McCanlies (1999)
John Lasseter ,
Pete Docter ,
Ash Brannon ,
Andrew Stanton , Rita Hsiao, Doug Chamberlin and Chris Webb (2000)
Ted Elliott ,
Terry Rossio ,
Joe Stillman and
Roger S. H. Schulman (2001)
Hayao Miyazaki (2002)
Andrew Stanton ,
Bob Peterson and David Reynolds (2003)
Brad Bird (2004)
Steve Box ,
Nick Park and
Mark Burton (2005)
Dick Clement ,
Ian La Frenais ,
Christopher Lloyd ,
Joe Keenan and
William Davies (2006)
Brad Bird (2007)
Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger (2008)
Wes Anderson and
Noah Baumbach (2009)
Chris Sanders ,
Will Davies and
Dean DeBlois (2010)
James Ward Byrkit,
John Logan and
Gore Verbinski (2011)
Phil Johnston and
Jennifer Lee (2012)
Hayao Miyazaki (2013)
Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (2014)
Pete Docter ,
Meg LeFauve and
Josh Cooley (2015)
Jared Bush and
Phil Johnston (2016)
Adrian Molina and Matthew Aldrich (2017)
Phil Lord and
Rodney Rothman (2018)
Jérémy Clapin and Guillaume Laurant (2019)
Pete Docter ,
Mike Jones and
Kemp Powers (2020)
Mike Rianda and
Jeff Rowe (2021)
Dean Fleischer Camp ,
Jenny Slate , Nick Paley and
Elisabeth Holm (2022)
Robert L. Baird and Lloyd Taylor (2023)
1980s 1990s
Daniel Waters , James Cappe, and
David Arnott –
The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1990)
Steven E. de Souza ,
Daniel Waters ,
Bruce Willis , and
Robert Kraft –
Hudson Hawk (1991)
Blake Snyder ,
William Osborne , and
William Davies –
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992)
Amy Holden Jones –
Indecent Proposal (1993)
Tom S. Parker,
Jim Jennewein ,
Steven E. de Souza , and
various others –
The Flintstones (1994)
Joe Eszterhas –
Showgirls (1995)
Andrew Bergman –
Striptease (1996)
Eric Roth and
Brian Helgeland –
The Postman (1997)
Joe Eszterhas –
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn (1998)
Jim Thomas ,
John Thomas ,
S. S. Wilson ,
Brent Maddock ,
Jeffrey Price, and Peter S. Seaman –
Wild Wild West (1999)
2000s 2010s
M. Night Shyamalan –
The Last Airbender (2010)
Steve Koren ,
Adam Sandler , and Ben Zook –
Jack and Jill (2011)
David Caspe –
That's My Boy (2012)
Steve Baker,
Ricky Blitt , Will Carlough, Tobias Carlson, Jacob Fleisher, Patrik Forsberg, Will Graham,
James Gunn , Claes Kjellstrom, Jack Kukoda,
Bob Odenkirk , Bill O'Malley, Matthew Alec Portenoy,
Greg Pritikin , Rocky Russo,
Olle Sarri , Elizabeth Wright Shapiro,
Jeremy Sosenko , Jonathan van Tulleken, and Jonas Wittenmark –
Movie 43 (2013)
Darren Doane and Cheston Hervey –
Saving Christmas (2014)
Kelly Marcel –
Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)
Chris Terrio and
David S. Goyer –
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
Tony Leondis , Eric Siegel, and
Mike White –
The Emoji Movie (2017)
Niall Leonard –
Fifty Shades Freed (2018)
Lee Hall and
Tom Hooper –
Cats (2019)
2020s