Company History

After working as an executive on over a dozen feature films with some of the finest talent in the business, Denise David Williams formed her own production banner, MakeMagic Productions.

      

MakeMagic currently has a full slate of feature film projects in development and pre-production. See Projects for details.

Biography

Denise David Williams
President/Founder 

After earning a B.A. in Theatre Arts from Hofstra University, Denise David Williams began her career as an actor’s agent in New York City. Shortly after, she moved to Los Angeles to attend the prestigious Peter Stark Producing Program as a graduate student at the University of Southern California.

Denise then began her production experience in the film industry as an assistant in pre-production on E.T. and Raiders of the Lost Ark at Steven Spielberg’s Amblin’ Entertainment. 

She advanced to story analyst for Barry Krost at The Movie Company where she developed television material for management clients and held production responsibilities on American Dreamer starring Jo Beth Williams.

Denise then worked as 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 the feature film Up the Creek.

Denise was then hired by Daniel Melnick’s IndieProd Co. at 20th Century Fox as Asst. Story Editor where she worked with some of the finest writer and directors in the business including Robert Zemeckis, Buck Henry and Lawrence Kasdan and on feature films Making Love and Unfaithfully Yours. Among some of the other films produced by The IndieProd Co. were: All That Jazz, That's Entertainment, Altered States, Roxanne, and First Family. 

Denise then became Vice President of Production for Arnold Kopelson Entertainment, where she developed and acquired feature film projects for both foreign and domestic markets. Among the many projects under her auspices were Warlock, Triumph of the Spirit and Platoon, which grossed over $100 million dollars and garnered Best Director and Best Picture Academy Awards for director Oliver Stone and producer Arnold Kopelson, respectively.

Denise is a member of the Writers Guild of America, west and a frequent Script Consultant. Please see Script Consulting for more details.