Wil Shriner

Creating a memorable brand with Humor & Drama

Pick Wil’s Brain:If you want to know how to create a wildly memorable brand that rises above the “noise” – then Wil can help you craft your message in a way that stands out with humor and drama. Take a peek at Wil’s range…from Microsoft to….the City of Ft. Lauderdale…to major motion pictures. Wil’s brain is ripe for picking just don’t squeeze it too hard.

Who Hires Wil? Let’s start with Bill Gates. Three times. CBS Television network. NBC Television network. ABC-TV, Web-TV, American Express, The City of Ft. Lauderdale, USO, Iomega, Canon, EMC, RCA, Tiger Electronics, RadioShack and many, many more.

Experience: Wil worked on several major product launches for Microsoft. And, after writing and producing a multimillion dollar launch event for the Window 2000 business product, Bill Gates was so impressed by Wil’s humor and creative thinking, he hired Wil to write and direct his personal videos re: his move to chief architect of Microsoft.

In addition to his corporate work, Wil has directed many of the top TV shows (Frasier, Everybody Loves Raymond, Becker, Gilmore Girls) and many more – which means he brings a “platinum standard” to every project.

He also wrote, produced, and directed the major motion picture, HOOT, which came out on 3000 screens and was a top ten film in its first two weeks of release. It has found it way into the MOMA collection and was recently named one of the top five environmental films by the Smithsonian Museum.

The City of Fort Lauderdale recently hired Wil to tell the story of its Centennial; moving images projected all over the city’s building.

A half century in the making:

Shriner’s background makes him the perfect open thinker. He started on TV at age one doing commercials with his father TV humorist Herb Shriner. Growing up with a camera in his hand, he attended famed UCLA Film and TV program where he learned from the greats how to entertain with story and image. David Letterman saw the bright young comedian and brought Wil’s talents along with him on his rise to fame. Wil continued as a writer/director on numerous projects and shows with Letterman and it was one of his films that got him noticed by Francis Ford Coppola and given a co-starring role opposite Oscar nominee Joan Allen in Peggy Sue Got Married. From there he hosted his own nationally syndicated talk show and dozens of shows and series one after another. Along the way found time to really enjoy life, traveling as a correspondent for an ABC news show where he did hundreds of unique experiences including a flight with the Blue Angels. His concept of taking on people’s dreams and jobs were so popular on the show his ideas have created segments that have been turned into several popular TV series. In 2000 he began directing sitcoms at the top with Frasier and spent six years on all the top shows. His old pal Jimmy Buffett asked him to read a book he optioned and together they turned it into an award winning family film Hoot. Wil wrote the screenplay, produced and directed the film.

FEE: $500/hour via phone or skype
HALF DAY:
$5,000 at his location in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.

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