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William Cruse - PRODUCTION DESIGNER and ART DIRECTOR – • Emmy Award • Another Emmy Nomination • Member: Academy Motion Picture Arts and Sciences • Best known for: THE GREEN MILE, THE HUNT for RED OCTOBER and THE FISHER KING SUMMARY: Extensive expertise in Contemporary and Period Set Design, Imaginative Location selection, Forced Perspective Sets. Miniatures, and Visual Effects Design. Foreign Experience Includes: Canada, Mexico, Austria, United Kingdom, Poland, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Kenya, South Africa and Morocco. Experience in US includes, New York City, Texas, TN. North Carolina, Va. Nev. Or. Washington DC. and many others. CONTACT DETAILS William Cruse - cruse-co@msn.com Production Designer (323) 463-4022 - alternate phone - 011 52 228 822 9111 Recent Credits: The Valley of Light--Hallmark Hall of Fame-(Production Designer) The Water is Wide--Hallmark Hall of Fame-(Production Designer) The Hunted--William Friedkin/Paramount(Production Designer) Hiroshima--NBC (Production Designer) - DGA Award (PD) In The Best Interests--CBS/Craig Anderson Prod.(Production Designer) War and Remembrance--ABC Circle Films (Emmy Award) The President's Wife--Capricorn Films (Production Designer) Murphy's Law--Capricorn Films (Production Designer) The A Team--Cannell Productions/NBC (Production Designer) The Bend in the River--NBC (Production Designer) The Hound of Hell--CBS (Production Designer) The Valley of Light--CBS, Hallmark Hall of Fame(Production Designer) 1977-1985 (7) MOWs ABC,CBS--(Production Designer) The Green Mile--Castle Rock (Supervising Art Director) Rules of Engagement--Paramount Pictures (Supervising Art Director) Clear and Present Danger--Paramount Pictures(Supervising Art Director) Basic Instinct--Carolco/Columbia (Supervising Art Director) The Hunt For Red October--Paramount Pictures (Supervising Art Director) Executive Decision - Warner Brothers (Supervising Art Director) The Fisher King--Columbia (Visual Effects Supervisor) The Fallen--Warner Brothers (Supervising Art Director) Forget Paris--Castle Rock Pictures (Supervising Art Director) Volcano--20th Century Fox (Supervising Art Director) Blown Away--MGM (Art Director) War and Remembrance--ABC Circle Films (Art Director - Visual Effects Supervisor) Damnation Alley--20th Century Fox (Art Director Visual FX Supervisor) The White Buffalo--MGM (Art Director) The Entity--20th Century (Visual Effects Designer - Supervisor) The Amityville Horror I--MGM (Visual Effects Designer Supervisor) Meteor--Warner Brothers (Visual Effects Designer Supervisor) King Kong--Paramount (Visual Effects Designer/Set Designer) One From The Heart--Zoeatrope (Set Designer/ Miniature Designer) The Shootist--Warner Brothers (Set Designer) Logan's Run--MGM (Set Designer) Hearts of the West--MGM (Set Designer) The Man in The Glass Booth--20th Century Fox (Set Designer) The Towering Inferno--20th Century Fox (Set Designer) The Beastmaster--MGM/UA (Visual Effects Designer/Supervisor) Repoman--20th Century Fox (Visual Effects Designer Supervisor) SPECIAL SKILLS: Visual Effects Designer, Miniatures, Matte Painting Photography, 8x10 Backing Photography, and Green Screen Process Photography - Theatre Set Designer Center Theatre Group, Los Angeles Music Center, Mark Taper and Ahmanson Theatre. References: David Valdes - Producer - The Green Mile - (818) 342-0800 Frank Darabont - Director - The Green Mile - (323) 850-2497 William Friedkin - Director - The Hunted -(323) 956-8140 • • BIO...William Cruse - Production Designer and Art Director • • William Cruse is Hollywood to the core. Born two blocks from Paramount Studios, he attended Hollywood High and became intensely interested in theatre design and stage lighting. After stints at Cal State LA and UCLA he became the youngest Assistant Art Director at ABC Television Center. Cruse moved onto Universal Studios as a feature film set designer. He has extensive expertise in contemporary and period set design, and a rare talent for imaginative location selection. Cruse has additional experience with forced perspective sets, miniatures, and visual effects design (all put to great use on his Emmy winning work on War and Remembrance). William’s foreign experience includes: Canada, Mexico, Austria, UK, Poland, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Kenya, South Africa and Morocco. Based in Los Angeles and NYC! Emmy Award: War and Remembrance (30 hour mini-series) Member: Academy Motion Picture Arts and Sciences • • END OF RESUME