William Gray (screenwriter)

William Gray is a Canadian screenwriter. He won the Genie Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for the 1980 supernatural horror film The Changeling, which he co-wrote with Diana Maddox.[1]

Biography

Born in Toronto, Gray worked as a rock music critic for the Toronto Sun before beginning a career in insurance.[2] He was later hired by Paul Lynch to write the screenplay for the sports drama Blood and Guts (1978).[3]

Gray co-wrote the screenplay for the supernatural horror film The Changeling (1980) with Diana Maddox.[2] Gray and Maddox won the Genie Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Changeling.[2]

Gray worked as a screenwriter for several other projects for director Paul Lynch, including the slasher film Prom Night (1980), and the horror films Humongous (1982) and Cross Country (1983).[3] In 1984, he wrote the screenplay for the science fiction film The Philadelphia Experiment with Michael Hanover, followed by Black Moon Rising (1986), which he co-wrote with John Carpenter and Desmond Nakano.[3]

Filmography

Year Title Notes Ref.
1978 Blood and Guts [3]
1980 The Changeling Co-written with Diana Maddox [2]
Prom Night [2]
1981 An Eye for an Eye
1982 Humongous [3]
1983 Cross Country Co-written with John Hunter [3]
1984 Black Moon Rising Co-written with Michael Janover [3]
1986 The Philadelphia Experiment Co-written with John Carpenter and Desmond Nakano [4]
1987 The Abduction of Kari Swenson Television film
1999 Killer Deal Television film
2008 Journey to the Center of the Earth Television film; co-written with Tom Baum [3]

Accolades

Award/association Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
Gemini Awards 1995 Best Writing in a Dramatic Series Robocop Nominated
Genie Awards 1980 Best Adapted Screenplay The Changeling Won [1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Director takes a peek through the looking glass". Detroit Free Press. April 25, 1980. p. 25 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ a b c d e "From insurance to scripts". The Moncton Times and Transcript. December 27, 1980. p. 26 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h "William Gray Credits". TV Guide. Archived from the original on June 8, 2023.
  4. ^ Maslin, Janet (August 17, 1984). "SCREEN: 'EXPERIMENT,' ON PHILADELPHIA PROJECT". The New York Times. Archived from the original on April 14, 2025.
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