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Willard Carroll
Writing · Easton, Maryland, USA
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

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Executive Producer

Bebe's Kids
Producer

Marigold
Director

The Successor
Screenplay

The Brave Little Toaster
Executive Producer

Playing by Heart
Director

Bone Chillers
Director

Rover Dangerfield
Producer

The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue
Executive Producer

Killing Mr. Griffin
Executive Producer
Filmography
- 2024The Collectorself
- 2007MarigoldDirector
- 2005Because of the Wonderful Things It Does: The Legacy of OzHimself
- 2005The Proud Family MovieExecutive Producer
- 2004Three WayExecutive Producer
- 2003The Adventures of Tom Thumb and ThumbelinaWriter
- 2001My Louisiana SkyExecutive Producer
- 2000The Tangerine Bear: Home in Time for Christmas!Executive Producer
- 1999The Sissy DucklingExecutive Producer
- 1999Tom's Midnight GardenScreenplay
- 1999O' Christmas TreeExecutive Producer
- 1999Jingle BellsExecutive Producer
- 1998Playing by HeartDirector
- 1998The Brave Little Toaster Goes to MarsExecutive Producer
- 1997The Brave Little Toaster to the RescueExecutive Producer
- 1997Killing Mr. GriffinExecutive Producer
- 1996The Return of MombiWriter
- 1996Journey Beneath the SeaWriter
- 1996The Monkey PrinceWriter
- 1996Christmas in OzWriter
- 1996Who Stole Santa?Writer
- 1996Virtual OzWriter
- 1996Underground AdventureWriter
- 1996The Nome Prince and the Magic BeltWriter
- 1996Toto, Lost in New YorkWriter
- 1996Bone ChillersDirector
- 1996Saturday Morning Preview PartyDirector
- 1995Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every ChildExecutive Producer
- 1994The SuccessorScreenplay
- 1992The Itsy Bitsy SpiderProducer
- 1992Bebe's KidsProducer
- 1991Rover DangerfieldProducer
- 1991The RunestoneScreenplay
- 1987The Brave Little ToasterExecutive Producer
- 1986Nutcracker: The Motion PictureProducer
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