William Fruet
William Fruet | |
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Nationality | Canadian |
Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter, playwright |
Years active | 1963–present |
William Fruet (born January 1, 1933)[1] is a Canadian film and television director, playwright and screenwriter. He made his directorial debut with the drama Wedding in White (1972), based on a play he had also written. The film won Best Picture at the Canadian Film Awards in 1973.
His later career included several horror films, including Death Weekend (1972), Cries in the Night (1980), and Killer Party (1986), as well as television series, including Goosebumps and Poltergeist: The Legacy. Other writing credits include the influential Canadian film Goin' Down the Road, which he co-wrote with Donald Shebib,[2]
Career
Fruit began his career as a writer after attending the Canadian Theatre School.[1] His screenwriting credits include Rip-Off, Wedding in White, Slipstream, Death Weekend, Spasms and Imaginary Playmate, while his film directing credits include Wedding in White, Death Weekend, Spasms, Search and Destroy, Killer Party, Cries in the Night and Bedroom Eyes. Wedding in White, his 1972 film debut starring Carol Kane and Donald Pleasence, was based on a stage play he had written, and won the Canadian Film Award for Best Picture in 1973.[1]
His television credits include episodes of The Ray Bradbury Theatre, My Secret Identity, Diamonds, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Friday the 13th, War of the Worlds, Counterstrike, The Outer Limits, Goosebumps, Poltergeist: The Legacy, The Zack Files, Da Vinci's Inquest, Chasing Rainbows, Code Name: Eternity and Zoe Busiek: Wild Card.[3]
Prior to his career as a writer and director, Fruet also had an acting role in the 1963 film Drylanders.[3]
Filmography
Directing
Year | Title | Notes |
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1972 | Wedding in White | Canadian Film Award - Best Picture |
1976 | Death Weekend | Also known as: The House by the Lake |
1979 | Search and Destroy | |
1979 | One of Our Own | |
1980 | Cries in the Night | Also known as: Funeral Home |
1982 | Trapped | Also known as: Baker County, U.S.A |
1983 | Spasms | |
1984 | Bedroom Eyes | |
1986 | Killer Party | |
1986 | Brothers by Choice | Television film |
1987 | Blue Monkey | |
1987–1990 | Friday's Curse | Series; 10 episodes |
1988 | Chasing Rainbows | Miniseries |
1988 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Episode: "If Looks Could Kill" |
1988–1990 | War of the Worlds | Series; 8 episodes |
1990 | My Secret Identity | Episode: "David's Dream" |
1990–93 | Top Cops | Series; 4 episodes |
1990–93 | Counterstrike | Series; 4 episodes |
1995 | Mysterious Island | Series; 4 episodes |
1995 | The Outer Limites | Episode: "Birthright" |
1995–96 | Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years | Series; 2 episodes |
1995–98 | Goosebumps | Series; 27 episodes |
1998 | Animorphs | Series; 2 episodes |
1998–2003 | Da Vinci's Inquest | Series; 2 episodes |
1997–99 | Poltergeist: The Legacy | Series; 6 episodes |
2000 | Code Name: Eternity | Series; 4 episodes |
2000 | The Royal Diaries: Isabel - Jewel of Castilla | Television film |
2000 | Dear America: A Line in the Sand | Short film |
2000–02 | The Zack Files | Series; 10 episodes |
2001–02 | Tracker | Series; 3 episodes |
2006 | Imaginary Playmate | Television film |
2008 | The Egg Factory | |
2011 | Matty Hanson and the Invisibility Ray |
References
- ^ a b c "William Fruet". Northern Stars. Retrieved January 23, 2017.
- ^ "William Fruet". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
- ^ a b "William Fruet". The British Film Institute. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
External links
- 1933 births
- Living people
- 20th-century Canadian dramatists and playwrights
- Canadian film directors
- Canadian television directors
- Canadian screenwriters
- Canadian television writers
- People from Lethbridge
- Writers from Alberta
- Canadian male dramatists and playwrights
- 20th-century Canadian male writers
- Canadian writer stubs