John Williams

Birthdate: 8th February, 1932
Birthplace: Floral Park, Long Island, New York, USA



John H. Williams is an American Film Producer known for his work both in live-action and in animation. He is famous for co-producing the 2001 animated feature Shrek. He is founder and owner of his own company, Vanguard Films. In 2001 shortly after working on Shrek, Williams founded Vanguard Animation and started working on projects such as Valiant (2005), Happily N'Ever After (2007), Space Chimps (2008) and it's sequel Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back. He is making his first directorial debut on Space Chimps 2.


John H. Williams is an American Film Producer known for his work both in live-action and in animation. He is famous for co-producing the 2001 animated feature Shrek. He is founder and owner of his own company, Vanguard Films.

In 2001 shortly after working on Shrek, Williams founded Vanguard Animation and started working on projects such as Valiant (2005), Happily N'Ever After (2007), Space Chimps (2008) and it's sequel Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back.

He is making his first directorial debut on Space Chimps 2.

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Filmography

The Fabelmans (2022)

Growing up in post-World War II era Arizona, young Sammy Fabelman aspires to become a filmmaker as he reaches adolescence, but soon...

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)

The surviving Resistance faces the First Order once again as the journey of Rey, Finn and Poe Dameron continues. With the power and...

Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)

Rey develops her newly discovered abilities with the guidance of Luke Skywalker, who is unsettled by the strength of her powers....

The Post (2017)

A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country's first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an...

The BFG (2016)

The BFG is no ordinary bone-crunching giant. He is far too nice and jumbly. It's lucky for Sophie that he is. Had she been carried off...

Jurassic World (2015)

Twenty-two years after the events of Jurassic Park, Isla Nublar now features a fully functioning dinosaur theme park, Jurassic World, as...

Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015)

A continuation of the saga created by George Lucas and set thirty years after Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983).

The Book Thief (2013)

While subjected to the horrors of WWII Germany, young Liesel finds solace by stealing books and sharing them with others. Under the...

Super 8 (2011)

In the summer of 1979, a group of friends in a small Ohio town witness a catastrophic train crash while making a super 8 movie and soon...

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)

When we last saw Indiana Jones on screen, it was 1938, and the world stood on the brink of war as Dr. Jones chased down evildoers to...

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)

War of the Worlds (2005)

The Steven Spielberg/Tom Cruise combination is always bound to create a sense of anticipation. Add a best selling science fiction novel...

Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)

Munich (2005)

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)

Harry, Ron and Hermione return to Hogwarts for a third adventure-and-magic-filled year in this follow-up to the first two Potter...

The Terminal (2004)

Minority Report (2002)

Tom Cruise seems to have the ability to look pretty despite whatever a director throws at him. This Peter Pan look has landed him with...

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)

Everyone's favorite novice wizard, Harry Potter, continues his high-flying adventures at Hogwarts in this sequel to the smash hit Harry...

The Patriot (2000)

This was the film which caused total outrage on its release, coming shortly after the furore over U-571 and the Americans thinking they...

Saving Private Ryan (1998)

As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines....

Jurassic Park (1993)

A wealthy entrepreneur secretly creates a theme park featuring living dinosaurs drawn from prehistoric DNA. Before opening day, he...

Home Alone (1990)

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

When Dr. Henry Jones Sr. suddenly goes missing while pursuing the Holy Grail, eminent archaeologist Indiana Jones must team up with...

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)

After arriving in India, Indiana Jones is asked by a desperate village to find a mystical stone. He agrees, and stumbles upon a secret...

E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

A science fiction fairytale about an extra-terrestrial who is left behind on Earth and is found by a young boy who befriends him. This...

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