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Wil has directed hundreds of hours of television and film. His debut feature film “Hoot” brings his Florida background and twenty years of comedy and directing to a Newbury award winning book by Carl Hiaasen. Wil, along with producer/partner Jimmy Buffett witness Wil’s screenplay adaptation of the book debut on over 3000 screens and become a top ten box office draw it’s first two weeks of release. The film was inducted into the Museum of Modern Art’s collection in NYC and was recently named by the Smithsonian Museum one of the top five environmental films.
On the small screen, Shriner is proud to have won the Humanitas Award for an episode of NBC’s “Frasier” entitled ‘Something About Dr. Mary’ dealing sensitively with the issue of racism. Another of his numerous “Frasier” episodes, ‘The Proposal’, earned an Emmy Award for editing in 2002.
In addition to many episodes of “Frasier”, Shriner has directed episodes for the Emmy winner, “Everybody Loves Raymond”, CBS’s “Becker” and “Ladies Man”, ABC’s “My Wife and Kids”, “Norm”, “Married to the Kelly’s”, and “Two Guys and a Girl”, Fox’s “Luis” and “Raising Dad” and the “Gilmore Girls” for the WB.
Wil’s body of directing work includes a few specialty projects as well. He wrote and directed a video for Microsoft’s Bill Gates lighthearted retirement tour, as well as directing film segments for the Windows 2000 launch. Early this he produced and directed a CBS TV movie presentation in NYC, a Florida Centennial series and has just finished a reality pilot.[/su_column][/su_row][/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner el_id=”wil_director_bio”][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”Bio” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:center”][vc_column_text]Wil has directed hundreds of hours of television and film. His debut feature film “Hoot” brings his Florida background and twenty years of comedy and directing to a Newbury award winning book by Carl Hiaasen. Wil, along with producer/partner Jimmy Buffett witness Wil’s screenplay adaptation of the book debut on over 3000 screens and become a top ten box office draw it’s first two weeks of release. The film was inducted into the Museum of Modern Art’s collection in NYC and was recently named by the Smithsonian Museum one of the top five environmental films.
On the small screen, Shriner is proud to have won the Humanitas Award for an episode of NBC’s “Frasier” entitled ‘Something About Dr. Mary’ dealing sensitively with the issue of racism. Another of his numerous “Frasier” episodes, ‘The Proposal’, earned an Emmy Award for editing in 2002.
In addition to many episodes of “Frasier”, Shriner has directed episodes for the Emmy winner, “Everybody Loves Raymond”, CBS’s “Becker” and “Ladies Man”, ABC’s “My Wife and Kids”, “Norm”, “Married to the Kelly’s”, and “Two Guys and a Girl”, Fox’s “Luis” and “Raising Dad” and the “Gilmore Girls” for the WB.
Wil’s body of directing work includes a few specialty projects as well. He wrote and directed a video for Microsoft’s Bill Gates lighthearted retirement tour, produced and directed a TV movie presentation in NYC, a Florida Centennial series and a reality pilot.
He is as a award-winning television director with numerous episodes of “Frasier” (1993), “Becker” (1998), “Everybody Loves Raymond” (1996), and “Gilmore Girls” (2000) under his belt.
He is a nationally known comedian with over 50 appearances with Jay Leno, David Letterman, Johnny Carson and more.
His corporate track record with Microsoft and Bill Gates continues to grow with a host of projects for an array of technology- and consumer-oriented electronic companies.
As an actor, he has over a dozen films to his credit including the Academy Award-nominated film Peggy Sue Got Married (1986), in which he co-starred with Joan Allen, and that was directed by Francis Ford Coppola.
Wil Shriner wrote the screenplay and directed the feature film Hoot (2006), based on the Newbury Honor-noted Carl Hiaasen book from New Line Cinema and Walden Media.
[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner el_id=”wil_director_tv_credits”][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”TV CREDITS” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:center”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_masonry_media_grid grid_id=”vc_gid:1480361491369-0f731450-bfde-3″ include=”2087,560,601,600,595,593″][vc_row_inner el_id=”wil_director_tv_sitcom_reel”][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”TV SITCOM REEL” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:center”][nz_vimeo id=”54613049″][vc_column_text]Wil has directed hundreds of hours of television and film. His debut feature film “Hoot” brings his Florida background and twenty years of comedy and directing to a Newbury award winning book by Carl Hiaasen. Wil, along with producer/partner Jimmy Buffett witness Wil’s screenplay adaptation of the book debut on over 3000 screens and become a top ten box office draw it’s first two weeks of release. The film was inducted into the Museum of Modern Art’s collection in NYC and was recently named by the Smithsonian Museum one of the top five environmental films.
On the small screen, Shriner is proud to have won the Humanitas Award for an episode of NBC’s “Frasier” entitled ‘Something About Dr. Mary’ dealing sensitively with the issue of racism. Another of his numerous “Frasier” episodes, ‘The Proposal’, earned an Emmy Award for editing in 2002.
In addition to many episodes of “Frasier”, Shriner has directed episodes for the Emmy winner, “Everybody Loves Raymond”, CBS’s “Becker” and “Ladies Man”, ABC’s “My Wife and Kids”, “Norm”, “Married to the Kelly’s”, and “Two Guys and a Girl”, Fox’s “Luis” and “Raising Dad” and the “Gilmore Girls” for the WB.
Wil’s body of directing work includes a few specialty projects as well. He wrote and directed a video for Microsoft’s Bill Gates lighthearted retirement tour, as well as directing film segments for the Windows 2000 launch. Early this he produced and directed a CBS TV movie presentation in NYC, a Florida Centennial series and has just finished a reality pilot.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner el_id=”wil_director_behind_scenes_hoot”][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”BEHIND THE SCENES OF HOOT” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:center”][nz_vimeo id=”30511890″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner css=”.vc_custom_1480360636659{margin-right: 150px !important;margin-left: 150px !important;}” el_id=”wil_director_about_wil_and_hoot”][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”ABOUT WIL & HOOT” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:center”][vc_column_text]
Wil has directed hundreds of hours of television and film. His debut feature film “Hoot” brings his Florida background and twenty years of comedy and directing to a Newbury award winning book by Carl Hiaasen. Wil, along with producer/partner Jimmy Buffett witness Wil’s screenplay adaptation of the book debut on over 3000 screens and become a top ten box office draw it’s first two weeks of release. The film was inducted into the Museum of Modern Art’s collection in NYC and was recently named by the Smithsonian Museum one of the top five environmental films.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][nz_youtube id=”5gIpybsSKQI”][vc_row_inner el_id=”wil_director_hoot_trailer”][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”HOOT TRAILER” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:center”][nz_vimeo id=”29100014″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
