Bill Carraro

Biography

Bill Carraro most recently served as a producer on the science-fiction thriller The Adjustment Bureau, starring Matt Damon and Emily Blunt and directed by George Nolfi, and as an executive producer on Joe Johnston’s The Wolfman, starring Benicio Del Toro, Anthony Hopkins, Emily Blunt and Hugo Weaving. Previously, Carraro produced Chris Weitz’s The Golden Compass, which starred Nicole Kidman, Sam Elliott, Eva Green and Daniel Craig and won the Oscar® for Best Achievement in Visual Effects. His other feature film credits as producer or executive producer include The Sentinel, starring Michael Douglas, Kiefer Sutherland, Eva Longoria and Kim Basinger; My Super Ex-Girlfriend, starring Uma Thurman and Luke Wilson; Stay, starring Ewan McGregor, Naomi Watts and Ryan Gosling; The Best Man, starring Taye Diggs and Nia Long; Frequency, starring Dennis Quaid and Jim Caviezel; Undercover Brother; and American History X, starring Edward Norton, who received an Academy Award® nomination for his powerful performance. Additionally, Carraro has collaborated with directors such as Ivan Reitman, Woody Allen, Brian De Palma, Malcolm Lee, Gregory Hoblit, Joan Micklin Silver, Marc Forster and James Foley. Carraro was the producer of the Emmy-winning and Golden Globe-nominated HBO film The Tuskegee Airmen, which starred Laurence Fishburne and Cuba Gooding, Jr. This highly acclaimed project garnered him the Directors Guild Award for Outstanding Achievement. Carraro was also a recipient of the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Motion Picture for producing The Best Man. In addition, Carraro received a Saturn Award for producing Frequency. Carraro also served as president of production at Aaron Russo Films, supervising independently and co-financed projects that included a first-look deal at Orion Pictures. A native New Yorker born in Brooklyn and a graduate of Ithaca College with a degree in film and photography, Carraro began his career in the commercial film industry before moving on to feature film production. Carraro is a member of both the Producers Guild of America and the Directors Guild of America and, in addition to his various producer credits, has worked as a second unit director. Producer (24 titles) : 2011 Un golpe de altura (executive producer) 2011 Destino oculto (producer) 2010 El hombre lobo (executive producer) 2007 La brújula dorada (producer) 2006 Mi super ex-novia (executive producer) 2006 La sombra de la sospecha (executive producer) 2005/I Tránsito (executive producer) 2003 Willard (executive producer) 2003 Daredevil (line producer: New York - uncredited) 2002 Undercover brother - El hermano secreto (executive producer) 2000 Blair Witch 2 (producer) 2000 Frequency (producer) 1999/I El mejor amigo del novio (producer) 1999 The Corruptor (executive producer) 1998 American History X (executive producer) 1998 Woo (co-producer) 1996 A Thin Line Between Love and Hate (co-producer - as William C. Carraro) 1995 The Tuskegee Airmen (TV movie) (producer) 1995 The Walking Dead (co-producer) 1994 Jason's Lyric (associate producer) 1993 Treacherous (line producer) 1992 Contigo llegó el desastre (executive producer - as William C. Carraro) 1991 Off and Running (producer) 1989 Rude Awakening (associate producer)