Known For
Writing
Place of Birth
Easton, Maryland, USA
Credits
35 titles
Willard Carroll
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.
Known For
Filmography
The Collector
self
Marigold
Director
Because of the Wonderful Things It Does: The Legacy of Oz
Himself
The Proud Family Movie
Executive Producer
Three Way
Executive Producer
The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina
Writer
My Louisiana Sky
Executive Producer
The Tangerine Bear: Home in Time for Christmas!
Executive Producer
The Sissy Duckling
Executive Producer
Tom's Midnight Garden
Screenplay
Jingle Bells
Executive Producer
O' Christmas Tree
Executive Producer
Playing by Heart
Writer
The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars
Executive Producer
The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue
Executive Producer
Killing Mr. Griffin
Executive Producer
The Return of Mombi
Writer
Journey Beneath the Sea
Writer
The Monkey Prince
Writer
Who Stole Santa?
Writer
Christmas in Oz
Writer
Virtual Oz
Writer
Underground Adventure
Writer
The Nome Prince and the Magic Belt
Writer
Toto, Lost in New York
Writer
Bone Chillers
Director
Saturday Morning Preview Party
Director
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Executive Producer
The Successor
Screenplay
Bebe's Kids
Producer
The Itsy Bitsy Spider
Producer
Rover Dangerfield
Producer
The Runestone
Screenplay
The Brave Little Toaster
Executive Producer
Nutcracker: The Motion Picture
Producer