Santa Fe Writers Project

Bill Phillips has written for most of the major studios, networks and cable companies. He won the Ace Award for Best Screenplay (with John Carpenter) for El Diablo, was nominated for the Edgar Award (with Brian Dennehy) for Shadow of a Doubt, and adapted Peter Maas’ In a Child’s Name, which was nominated for an Emmy as Best Miniseries. He has adapted Stephen King and Caroline Chute and is a feature director for Paramount (There Goes the Neighborhood), which he wrote. He has been a member of the Writers’ Guild of America since 1980 and has written about fifty screenplays, half of which have been made. His first produced screenplay was Summer Solstice, starring Henry Fonda and Myrna Loy.

Lately, he has returned to film production, as head of Northern Lights Productions, out of Vermont. Mr Phillips teaches screenwriting at Dartmouth College.

Find out more about Mr. Phillips at IMDB.