William Brent Bell is an American

United States

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 screenwriter

Screenwriter

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  and film

Film

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 director

Film director

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.

Life and career

Bell was born in Lexington

Lexington, Kentucky

Lexington is the second-largest city in Kentucky and the 63rd largest in the US. Known as the "Thoroughbred City" and the "Horse Capital of the World", it is located in the heart of Kentucky's Bluegrass region...

, Kentucky

Kentucky

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. In 1999, Bell wrote and directed his first feature, Sparkle and Charm. In 2000, along with writing partner Matthew Peterman

Matthew Peterman

Matthew Peterman is an American screenwriter and film producer. He was born in Lexington, Kentucky.In 2000, along with writing partner William Brent Bell, Peterman wrote screenplay Mercury, which was bought by Universal Studios with Gale Anne Hurd and f/x studio Digital Domain producing. Since...

, Bell wrote screenplay Mercury, which was bought by Universal Studios

Universal Studios

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 with Gale Anne Hurd

Gale Anne Hurd

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 producing.

Since then, Bell and Peterman have set up several film projects at studios. Some include Ignition, a kid’s action-drama set up at Warner Bros.

Warner Bros.

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 with Kurt Russell

Kurt Russell

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 and Goldie Hawn

Goldie Hawn

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 producing and Illusion, a thriller set up at Walt Disney Pictures

Walt Disney Pictures

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. On the television side the duo have created several one-hour TV series including Eye to Eye with Warner Bros. Television

Warner Bros. Television

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 and McG

McG

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, Worthy and McGraw with ABC Television

ABC Television

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 and Tim Minear

Tim Minear

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 as well as The Fix with Sarah Timberman and Sony Television

Sony Pictures Television

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. Bell and Peterman have also developed a number of videogames including Master Thief, with John Woo

John Woo

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Bell's most recent project is as co-writer and director of the horror thriller, Stay Alive

Stay Alive

Stay Alive is a 2006 horror film directed by William Brent Bell, who cowrote it with Matthew Peterman. It was produced by McG, co-produced by Hollywood Pictures and released on March 24, 2006 in the US. In the U.S. the film was rated PG-13 for horror violence, disturbing images, language, and brief...

, which was produced with McG and Peter Schlessel and financed by Spyglass Entertainment

Spyglass Entertainment

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 and Endgame Entertainment. Stay Alive was acquired and distributed domestically by Buena Vista Pictures and internationally by Universal Pictures

Universal Pictures

-1920:* White Youth* The Flaming Disc* Am I Dreaming?* The Dragon's Net* The Adorable Savage* Putting It Over* The Line Runners-1921:* The Fire Eater* A Battle of Wits* Dream Girl* The Millionaire...

. He is set to direct "The Devil Inside", his second horror film

Horror film

Horror films seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres...

, written with Matt Peterman.

Filmography

Director:

• The Devil Inside (2012)
• Stay Alive
  Stay Alive
  Stay Alive is a 2006 horror film directed by William Brent Bell, who cowrote it with Matthew Peterman. It was produced by McG, co-produced by Hollywood Pictures and released on March 24, 2006 in the US. In the U.S. the film was rated PG-13 for horror violence, disturbing images, language, and brief...
  
  (2006)
• Sparkle and Charm (1999)

Writer:

• Stay Alive
  Stay Alive
  Stay Alive is a 2006 horror film directed by William Brent Bell, who cowrote it with Matthew Peterman. It was produced by McG, co-produced by Hollywood Pictures and released on March 24, 2006 in the US. In the U.S. the film was rated PG-13 for horror violence, disturbing images, language, and brief...
  
  (2006) (written by)
• Sparkle and Charm (1999) (written by)

Producer:

• Sparkle and Charm (1999)

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