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Producer

Shawn Williamson

Bio

A native of Vancouver, SHAWN WILLIAMSON (producer) began his career as a stage manager in live theatre in 1983. He has since produced live events, live television, series, television movies and feature films. In 2001, Shawn combined his film production expertise with the talents of independent producer Stephen Hegyes to form Brightlight Pictures Inc. In addition to producing at Brightlight Pictures, Williamson sits on the board of the Whistler Film Festival and the B.C. Film Commission Advisory committee. Williamson's producing credits include: Universal and Gold Circle's White Noise, starring Michael Keaton and Deborah Kara Unger; Alliance Atlantis' Going the Distance; The Long Weekend, with Chris Klein and Brendan Fehr; and Edison, with Kevin Spacey, Morgan Freeman, L.L. Cool J. and Justin Timberlake. Most recently, Williamson produced White Noise 2: The Light, starring Nathan Fillion. He also line produced Addicted, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, Passengers, starring Anne Hathaway, Slither, also starring Nathan Fillion, and Whisper, starring Josh Holloway, Joel Edgerton and Dulé Hill. Williamson has been a long-time collaborator of Uwe Boll, producing his upcoming Far Cry, BloodRayne 2, Postal and Seed, as well as BloodRayne, Alone in the Dark, Heart of America, Blackwoods and Sanctimony. Williamson also produced Boll's In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale, a BOLL KG film, with Jason Statham, Ray Liotta, John Rhys-Davies, Ron Perlman, Leelee Sobieski and Burt Reynolds; and, for Millenium Films, Wicker Man, starring Nicolas Cage, and 88 Minutes, starring Al Pacino.

Producer- Job Description

The chief of a movie production in all matters save the creative efforts of the director. A producer is responsible for raising funding, hiring key personnel, and arranging for distributors.