Willard Carroll

from Easton, Maryland, USA

Biography

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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.

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Timeline

2024

  • Poster for The Collector

    self

2007

  • Poster for Marigold

    Dialogue

2005

  • Poster for Because of the Wonderful Things It Does: The Legacy of Oz

    Himself

  • Poster for The Proud Family Movie

    Executive Producer

2004

  • Poster for Three Way

    Executive Producer

2003

  • Poster for The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina

    Writer

2001

  • Poster for My Louisiana Sky

    Executive Producer

2000

  • Poster for The Tangerine Bear: Home in Time for Christmas!

    Executive Producer

1999

  • Poster for O' Christmas Tree

    Executive Producer

  • Poster for Jingle Bells

    Executive Producer

  • Poster for Tom's Midnight Garden

    Screenplay

  • Poster for The Sissy Duckling

    Executive Producer

1998

  • Poster for The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars

    Executive Producer

  • Poster for Playing by Heart

    Producer

1997

  • Poster for Killing Mr. Griffin

    Executive Producer

  • Poster for The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue

    Executive Producer

1996

1992

  • Poster for The Itsy Bitsy Spider

    Producer

  • Poster for Bebe's Kids

    Producer

1991

  • Poster for The Runestone

    Screenplay

1987

  • Poster for The Brave Little Toaster

    Executive Producer

1986

  • Poster for Nutcracker: The Motion Picture

    Producer