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About Denise David Williams


Denise David Williams is president of her own production company, MakeMagic Productions, created in 1997 and dedicated to the development and production of?richly entertaining and commercially viable feature films.

Under this banner, she is the Producer/co-story writer of A Good American, a feature film inspired by personal family events, written by Angela Workman and starring Ayelet Zurer (Munich). Her driving passion is the true story of Harvard Psychiatry professor and Pulitzer prize winner, Dr. John Mack and his controversial work with people who claimed to have been alien abductees .

Also in the pipeline is the romantic comedy, Bite Me...A Love Story by Canadian writer Cristian Lacatus, a co-production with Michelle Manning Prod., Atlas Management and Michael Meltzer Prod. with Stanley Isaacs (Gross Anatomy)?directing;?the sophisticated comedy Oscar Divo, original screenplay by?European author Jan Vander Laenen, translated by screenwriter Chris Duarte; Feline, written by Ron Shusett (Alien, Minority Report) ; the European thriller, The Card Game, produced in conjunction with Capture Films and the high concept comedy, Dining with Dick.

In addition, MakeMagic has worked with Polestar Entertainment, Acropolis Entertainment, Warner Brothers, 20th Century Fox, Universal, Anonymous Content, Disney Family, Alan Metter (Back to School), Permut Presentations (Face-Off),? Robert Kosberg Productions, PBS, and many others.

MakeMagic Productions produced last year's industry hit, My Dinner With Ovitz, which received glowing reviews and worldwide media attention.

Prior to forming her own company, Ms.Williams was Vice President of Production for Arnold Kopelson Productions, where she worked closely with Mr. Kopelson in developing and acquiring feature film projects for both foreign and domestic markets. Among the many projects under her auspices were WARLOCK, TRIUMPH OF THE SPIRIT and PLATOON, for which Oliver Stone and Arnold Kopelson won Best Director and Best Picture Academy Awards, respectively.

Ms. Williams was Director of Creative Affairs for Arkoff International Pictures, where she acquired and developed feature material for both Samuel Z. Arkoff and Louis Arkoff and had extensive production responsibilities on their Orion feature UP THE CREEK.

Ms.Williams also had a stint developing television material for management clients at The Movie Company with Barry Krost and Norman Stephens and held production responsibilities on AMERICAN DREAMER starring Jo Beth Williams.

Ms. Williams served as an Asst. Story Editor at Daniel Melnick?s IndieProd Company at 20th Century Fox, where she was privileged to work with talent such as Robert Zemeckis (Forest Gump, Castaway), Buck Henry,?Lawrence Kasdan (The Bodyguard), and on feature films MAKING LOVE and UNFAITHFULLY YOURS.

After earning a B.A. in Theatre Arts from Hofstra University in NY, Ms. Williams spent 4 years as an actor?s agent in Manhattan. Moving to the west coast, she attended the two year graduate Peter Stark Producing Program at University of Southern California, and then began her production experience at Steven Spielberg's Amblin' as an intern on pre-production of E.T. and Raiders of the Lost Ark.?

Ms.Williams is a member of the Writers Guild of America, west and a frequent Script Consultant. She is married to musician/composer Larry Williams who travels the world playing keyboards with Al Jarreau..


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