William Dear Filmography

The Sandlot: Heading Home

Crew: Director

Actors: Luke Perry, Danny Nucci, Sarah Deakins, John Kruk, Sonja Bennett

Synopsis: A self-absorbed slugger whose egotistical attitude threatens to bring the whole team down gets a second chance at learning the value of teamwork in the third installment of the kid-friendly Sandlot series. Tommy Santorelli (Luke Perry) is a Major League Baseball star whose impressive stats have Read More

Simon Says

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Crispin Glover

Synopsis: Danger comes in pairs in this gruesome horror story. Kate (Margo Harshman), Zack (Greg Cipes), Ashley (Kelly Vitz), Riff (Artie Baxter) and Vicky (Carrie Finklea) are five college students who are heading out together for a spring break camping trip. Hoping to add some excitement to the Read More

The Foursome

Crew: Director

Actors: Kevin Dillon

Synopsis: The change that passing years can bring become more obvious than ever before as four college buddies come back together for the first time since graduation in a nostalgic comedy about golf, cash and old friends. When Rick Forester (Kevin Dillon) organizes an impromptu reunion with four of his Read More

School of Life

Crew: Director

Actors: David Paymer, Ryan Reynolds, John Astin, Kate Vernon, Andrew Robb

Synopsis: A small-town history teacher with a decidedly different approach to public education raises the ire of a stuffy biology teacher who's looking to win the "Teacher of the Year" award in this made-for-television family-oriented comedy starring Ryan Reynolds and David Paymer. Mr. D (Reynolds) doesn't Read More

Santa Who?

Crew: Director

Actors: Leslie Nielsen, Steven Eckholdt, Robyn Lively

Synopsis: Containing much of the same spirit that permeated Tim Allen's The Santa Clause, Santa Who? tells the story of Zack (Max Morrow), a young boy who helps Santa (Leslie Nielsen) figure out who he is after an attack of amnesia caused by a fall from his sled. Tommy Davidson, Steven Eckholdt, and Robyn Lively Read More

Balloon Farm

Crew: Director

Synopsis: A man proves that hope can grow in the flintiest of soil in this made-for-TV drama for the family. A farming community is struggling to survive a severe drought when a mysterious stranger named Harvey Potter (Rip Torn) arrives in town. Potter rents a farm, a move which is believed to be the height Read More

Wild America

Crew: Director

Actors: Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Devon Sawa, Scott Bairstow, Frances Fisher, Jamey Sheridan

Synopsis: Based on the true saga of the Stouffer brothers, this movie is an unusual combination of comedy film and nature documentary. In the 1960s in rural Arkansas, Marty Stouffer (Jamey Sheridan) grooms his three sons to take over the family auto parts business. But the sons are more interested in Read More

Angels in the Outfield

Crew: Director

Actors: Danny Glover, Tony Danza, Brenda Fricker, Christopher Lloyd, Ben Johnson

Synopsis: Updated from the 1951 film of the same name, Angels In The Outfield takes liberties with the original to bring sentimental values to a modern setting. Roger (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is a foster child whose irresponsible father promises to get his act together when Roger's favorite baseball team, the Read More

Journey to the Center of the Earth

Crew: Director, Executive Producer

Actors: Kim Miyori, John Neville, Jeffrey Nordling, Farrah Forke, Tim Russ

Synopsis: A scientific expedition to the earth's center goes awry, leaving the explorers marooned in a fantastic underground world. Adapted from Jules Verne's classic adventure. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

The Rocketeer

Crew: Screen Story

Actors: Bill Campbell, Jennifer Connelly, Alan Arkin, Timothy Dalton, Paul Sorvino

Synopsis: After getting his start as a visual effects artist on the original Star Wars trilogy, Spielberg protege Joe Johnston found success as a director with his debut film, the blockbuster family adventure Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. For his sophomore outing, Johnston helmed this action-adventurer, set in Read More

If Looks Could Kill

Crew: Director

Actors: Richard Grieco, Linda Hunt, Roger Rees, Robin Bartlett, Gabrielle Anwar

Synopsis: Television flavor-of-the-month Richard Grieco made his feature-film debut in this juvenile spoof of James Bond films. He plays a high-school senior named Michael Corben who has flunked out of his French class, but has the chance to make up his grade on the French Club's summer trip to Europe. On Read More

Darkman

Actors: Liam Neeson, Frances McDormand, Colin Friels, Larry Drake, Nelson Mashita

Synopsis: Neglecting Julie (Frances McDormand), his lawyer lady friend, Dr. Peyton Westlake (Liam Neeson) works feverishly to perfect his latest invention -- artificial skin that could be used to treat burn victims. Peyton himself falls victim to an explosion when one of Julie's crooked clients sends his Read More

Harry and the Hendersons

Crew: Director, Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: John Lithgow, Melinda Dillon, Margaret Langrick, Joshua Rudoy, Kevin Peter Hall

Synopsis: While vacationing in the Pacific Northwest, the Henderson clan's dad George (John Lithgow), mom Nancy (Melinda Dillon), daughter Sarah (Margaret Langrick) and son Ernie (Joshua Rudroy) accidently run over a strange animal with their car, and when they get out to see what it is, they find the Read More

The Television Parts Home Companion

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Former Monkey member Michael Nesmith presents humorous skits, songs and commercial parodies in this video. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide Read More

Doctor Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Michael Nesmith (famed as the talented one from '60s pop-band The Monkees) directed this melange of music and comedy clips starring Whoopi Goldberg, Garry Shandling, Rosanne Cash, Jay Leno and Jimmy Buffett. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide Read More

Garry Shandling: Alone in Las Vegas

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Less formally known as Garry Shandling Alone in Vegas, this 60-minute video is 100% Shandling, which is either good or bad news depending upon who's watching. Shandling's "average guy stuck in the farce called life" persona works quite well within the framework of the tape. Casual fans, however Read More

Nick Danger and the Case of the Missing Yolk

Crew: Director

Synopsis: The Firesign Theatre (Phil Austin, Philip Proctor, Peter Bergman) is still held in high esteem by those "FM heads" of the 1970s who committed the group's stream-of-consciousness comedy albums to memory. "Nick Danger: Third Eye" was a character created for the Firesign's 1969 album All Hail Marx and Lennon Read More

Firesign Theatre Presents Nick Danger...

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Most baby-boomers still nurture fond memories of the Calfornia-based comedy troupe known as The Firesign Theater. One of the group's most popular offerings was the 1969 record album, {#All Hail Marx and Lennon}, the second side of which consisted of the old-time-radio spoof "Nick Danger, Third Read More

Timerider

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Fred Ward, Belinda Bauer, Peter Coyote, Ed Lauter, Richard Masur

Synopsis: Given the off-the-wall premise in this sci-fi western -- that a motorcyclist rides his bike through a time warp right into the Wild West, into the middle of a gang of outlaws, and cannot figure out what happened -- the glitches and gaps in the plot fit right in with the spirit of the adventure. Read More

Elephant Parts

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Synopsis: Former Monkee Mike Nesmith, a pioneer in the music video industry, created the one-hour music and comedy pastiche Elephant Parts--the title derives from the old fable of the six blind men and the elephant. There is no real throughline, merely a series of satirical vignettes, some running several Read More

The Northville Cemetery Massacre

Crew: Cinematographer, Director, Producer

Synopsis: The bikers are the heroes and the lawmen are the villains in this vintage action drama. The Spirits are a motorcycle club who ride the highways and country roads of Michigan; while they look rough, wear beat-up denim and favor Harley Davidsons, the Spirits are good guys at heart, more likely to Read More