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Just Say Love is the first in a series of films planed by Stagewright Films to transfer live theatre material to the screen. Our desire is to be true to the authors words, the art of performance and the intelligence of the audience.
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- Born and raised in Stockton, California, Bill Humphreys has worked from coast to coast as a producer, director, actor and manager in television, live theatre, radio and film.
As producer his projects include documentary: To Kill In California; On The Wing; In Focus: The Hollywood lens of Murray Garrett - to music; Loggins and Messina Live; RockBack - The Iron Butterfly; BackStage/FrontRow – Dramatic; A Scrapbook of Late Beginnings; Pale In Your Shadow; The Terrible Meek - Cultural; The Works of Robert Frost; In Conversation – Bill Moyers; The Civil War Filmmaker-Ken Burns. Bill was the originating Executive Producer for the PBS series Ciao Italia.
As director, Bill has worked with Carol Channing, Billy Barty, Anthony Quinn, Bob Hope, Ed McMahann, John Byner, Phyllis Diller, Dick Martin, Terry Moore, John Barbour, Marjorie Main, Jack LaLanne and many others. He has directed presidential and gubernatorial debates, national commercials for Sears, Columbia Record House, Betty Crocker and Rolex Watches. Also The Hollywood Lane Parade of Stars, The Jerry Lewis Telethon, NBA Basketball and NASL Soccer games and children's programming from Romper Room and City Kids to See Here, Kids Court and Hobo Kelly. Bill has directed more than 25,000 hours of television and film and more than 40 live theatre productions during his career.
As an actor he has done such roles as Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman, Henry Drummond in Inherit the Wind, Fagan in Oliver, Harold Ryan in Happy Birthday Wanda June, Littlechap in Stop the World, Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof, Don Quixote in Man of La Mancha. In total, Bill has more than 120 live theatre credits to his name including such titles as Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Cat on the Hot Tin Roof, The Mousetrap, Boys in the Band, Happy End, My Fair Lady, All the Way Home and The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. Bill created the role of Cy Gorman in the world premiere of Murdering Mother, written and directed by Ernest Thompson, Academy Award winning author of On Golden Pond. His motion picture credits include such films as: The Terrible Meek; Pale In Your Shadow, The Moonshine War with Alan Alda; R.P.M. with Anthony Quinn, Strawberry Statement with Bruce Dern; Hamburger Hill, The Vals, Against The Tide, Under Arrest and most recently Flying With Icarus. On the small screen Bill's work includes The Name of the Game, The Winds of War, The Works of Ambrose Bierce, The Works of Robert Frost. Two recent projects for the History Channel; Witch Hunt and Conquest of America: The Northeast. Bill is regularly seen as the Down East Farmer for Oakhurst Dairy.
Bill has extensive experience in management having served as Executive Producer and Director of Production. These positions required full responsible for production departments, supervision and evaluation of all staff. Bill wrote, produced and directed special projects, including arts & cultural programs, documentary series and Bill Clinton’s original “Town Hall” broadcast. As manager Bill has been directly responsible for budgets in excess of $5.5 million and the supervision of a 35 member staff.
Bill has been recognized by the IFTF of NY, The American Film Institute, Telly Awards, American Women in Radio and Television, The Ohio State Awards, The Associated Press, The NAB and the Aurora Awards among others. He's been nominated 10 times for the Emmy Award and has taken three Emmy's home – Bill is a member of the Screen Actors Guild nominating committee for Primetime Television performances.
A graduate of Columbia College of Television and Motion Picture Arts in Hollywood, California, Bill holds a BA degree in Production and Directing with a minor in acting.
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