Will Lyman Filmography

Darfur: On Our Watch

Actors: Mia Farrow

Frontline: The Age of AIDS [TV Documentary Series]

Synopsis: Join the world's leading researchers, activists, and leaders as they mark the 25th anniversary of the first diagnosed AIDS cases with an engaging discussion about the devastating effects of the tragic auto-immune disease, and attempt to find out just what can be done to protect mankind from AIDS Read More

Frontline: The Meth Epidemic

Synopsis: The trusted reporters of popular television news magazine Frontline team with the seasoned veterans at The Oregonian to take a closer look at the meth phenomenon in an enlightening documentary that pays special attention to the conflict between illegal drug trade and its legitimate counterpart Read More

Frontline: The Lost Year in Iraq

Frontline: A Hidden Life

Frontline: Return of the Taliban

Frontline: House of Saud

Frontline: Karl Rove - The Architect

Actors: Will Lyman

Synopsis: Originally created to be part of the Frontline series, Karl Rove -- The Architect looks at the life and career of the man most people believe is responsible for George W. Bush serving eight years as the American President. The film displays how his take-no-prisoners approach to campaign strategy Read More

Mattie Fresno and The Holoflux Universe

Frontline: Al Qaeda's New Front

Frontline: Israel's Next War?

Actors: Will Lyman

Commander in Chief [TV Series]

Actors: Geena Davis, Donald Sutherland

Synopsis: Rumor has it that this weekly, hour-long ABC series about America's first woman president was conceived in anticipation of Hillary Rodham Clinton's likely 2008 presidential bid. Whatever the case, Geena Davis starred as Mackenzie Allen, the politically unaffiliated vice president of popular Read More

Frontline: The O.J. Verdict

Frontline: The Torture Question

Frontline: The New Asylums

Actors: Will Lyman

Frontline: Ghosts of Rwanda

Synopsis: Ghosts of Rwanda documents the genocide that brought about the slaughter of nearly one million citizens in that country. The film interviews many of the military and political leaders who played a part in the horrific events including such international figures as Madeleine Albright and Kofi Read More

NOVA: Crash of Flight 111

Synopsis: Originally airing on PBS, this episode of NOVA details the events following the mysterious crash of Flight 111 on September 2, 1998. With none of the 229 passengers surviving and no information known about the aircraft's final six minutes available through flight data recorders, investigators were Read More

NOVA: Life and Death in the War Zone

Synopsis: When the bombs start falling and the war machines start rolling, the sheer chaos experienced by military medics can put the stress of even the busiest inner-city emergency room to shame. As the Iraq war rages and the doctors, nurses, and staff of the 10th and 21st CaSH units leap into action, the Read More

NOVA: Battle Plan Under Fire

Synopsis: The PBS special NOVA: Battle Plan Under Fire travels to the Iraqi battlefront, where Twenty-first century laser-driven technologies - from bombs, to auto-piloted planes, to AIS - go head to head in a thoroughly bizarre and impractical conflict with centuries-old middle eastern guerilla warfare Read More

Barrier Breakers

Frontline: Rumsfeld's War

Frontline: Secret History of the Credit Card

Frontline: The Plea

Synopsis: Though the majority of Americans are well aware of the basic, trial and jury operation of the American judicial system, few may realize that nearly ninety-five percent of criminal cases end in plea bargain before they ever go to trial. Now curious law scholars can get a closer look at the Read More

Meltdown

Actors: Bruce Greenwood, Leslie Hope, Arnold Vosloo, James Remar, Susan Merson

Synopsis: Originally titled American Meltdown, this speculative made-for-cable melodrama begins as a group of six terrorists, bearing names like Khalid, Shafig, and Ziad, take over a nuclear power plant in San Juan. It turns out that the terrorists' actions are merely symbolic, and that no real harm is Read More

Mystic River

Actors: Sean Penn, Kevin Bacon, Tim Robbins, Laurence Fishburne, Marcia Gay Harden, Laura Linney

Synopsis: Directed by Clint Eastwood, the mysterious drama Mystic River is based on the novel by Dennis Lehane and adapted by screenwriter Brian Helgeland. Set in an Irish neighborhood in Boston, Jimmy, Sean, and Dave are three childhood friends who are reunited after a brutal murder takes place. Reformed Read More

Threat Matrix [TV Series]

Actors: Jamie Denton, Kelly Rutherford, Mahershalalhashbaz Ali, Shoshannah Stern, Kurt Caceres

Synopsis: Definitely a series for the post-9/11 generation, ABC's Threat Matrix detailed the exploits of an elite task-force unit of the Homeland Security division. Headed by John Kilmer (Jamie Denton), the unit, comprised of the cream of the FBI, CIA, and NSA, was dedicated to stopping terrorism before it Read More

Frontline: The Other Drug War

Actors: Will Lyman

Frontline: Failure to Protect, Part 1 - The Taking of Logan Marr

Synopsis: Frontline examines the child welfare system in the state of Maine with Failure to Protect: Part 1 - The Taking of Logan Marr, the first part of a two-part documentary. In 2000, Christy Marr's two daughters, Logan and Bailey, were taken from her by the Maine Department of Human Services. Marr tried Read More

Frontline: Dangerous Prescription

Actors: Will Lyman

Frontline: The Alternative Fix

Actors: Will Lyman

Frontline: The War Behind Closed Doors

Frontline: Blair's War

Burden of Innocence

Actors: Will Lyman, Clyde Charles, Frederick Daye, Neil Miller, Anthony Robinson

Synopsis: Thanks to recent advances in DNA testing, nearly 100 Americans who have been condemned to death or sentenced to life in prison have been freed after years of confinement. But how have these "fortunates" adjusted to life on the outside -- and what has been done to make up for their lost years? This Read More

Frontline: China in the Red

Frontline: Rollover - The Hidden History of the SUV

Synopsis: Rollover covers the turbulent history of the Sports Utility Vehicle. During the late '80s, American car manufacturers began laying off thousands of workers and continued sinking further in the red. Gas mileage restrictions made building small cars expensive. But Jeep and Ford discovered that SUVs Read More

Frontline: Campaign Against Terror

Actors: Will Lyman

Synopsis: This multifaceted Frontline special is a compelling recap of how the United States, and the world, responded to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Much of the focus is on the war in Afghanistan, with ongoing commentary from the likes of Secretary Read More

The Official 2002 NBA Championship: Los Angeles Lakers

Synopsis: The 2002 NBA Finals were the sort of tournament out of a Hollywood movie, with two time champions the Los Angeles Lakers aiming for their third title, while the New Jersey Nets made a stunning come-from-behind push to find themselves facing the Lakers for the biggest honor in professional Read More

Frontline: Shattered Dreams of Peace - The Road From Oslo

Alma Mater

Actors: Will Lyman, Cady Mc Clain, Alexander Chaplin, Kate Super, Andrew van den Houten

Synopsis: Theatrical producer and director Hans Canosa makes his feature filmmaking debut with the comedy Alma Mater, written by first-time screenwriter Gabrielle Zevin. Set in Cambridge, MA, during 1963, Arthur Knight (Will Lyman) is an associate professor who claims to have been John F. Kennedy's roommate Read More

Frontline: A Crime of Insanity

Synopsis: Frontline investigates the problems that occur between the legal system and the psychiatric community in the documentary A Crime of Insanity. The program focuses on the controversial case of SUNY psychology student Ralph Tortorici. In December of 1994, he was arrested for taking a classroom Read More

Frontline: The Man Who Knew

Actors: Will Lyman

Synopsis: The title character in this PBS Frontline documentary is John O'Neill, who for six years headed the FBI's counterterrorism unit. Throughout the waning years of the 20th century, the flamboyantly iconoclastic O'Neill conducted what was virtually a one-man investigation of infamous Al Qaeda chief Read More

The Press Secretary

Actors: Joe Lockhart, Helen A. Thomas

Synopsis: The press secretary to the president of the United States has the tricky job of acting as a middle ground between the journalists who want information from and about the president and the leader who would generally prefer to tell them only what he wants them to know -- and would like them to Read More

NBA: Ultimate Player

Synopsis: This program is part of a series produced by the NBA which showcases the talents of some of the top players in basketball and some of the exciting games in which they have played. This volume features profiles and performances by the basketball's ultimate players. Among their numbers are Earvin Read More

Frontline: Medicating Kids

Actors: Will Lyman

Synopsis: This insightful documentary pops the lid on the ever-increasing trend of prescribing behavior modifying drugs to children, and questions whether medications such as Prozac, Ritalin, Paxil, and Zoloft are the best answer, totally unacceptable, or simply over-prescribed. ~ C. Dwayne Smith, All Movie Read More

The Official 2001 NBA Championship: Los Angeles Lakers

Synopsis: This video captures all the excitement of the NBA Finals between the Lakers and the Sixers, with the Lakers prevailing 4-1 in the five-game series. Film clips show outstanding plays by Shaq, Fox, and Kobe. Interviews with players and Coach Phil Jackson, who posted his eighth championship win in Read More

NOVA: Bioterror

Synopsis: This program is part of a series from the popular PBS science show NOVA. This episode explores a topic of major import in today's world: bioterror. The specter of airborne and waterborne disease purposefully unleashed as a political weapon is very real. The program's scientists offer their Read More

Floating

Synopsis: While he takes care of his legless, alcoholic father, Van spends a lot of time haring around with his wild friends Flip and Jason, stealing from the summer homes of the well-to-do people in his old neighborhood. They stash their loot in the basement of Van's former home (he and his father Read More

Survival in the Sky: Crash Detectives

Synopsis: This episode of Survival in the Sky follows a team of crash detectives. Viewers will confront the problems these experts face every day in their quest to glean some insight from a pile of smoking wreckage. Also, these investigators recall the development of their profession through a series of Read More

Anatomy of a 'Homicide: Life on the Street'

Actors: Will Lyman

Synopsis: In a rare PBS-to-"commercial" TV crossover, this documentary went behind the scenes of the popular NBC cop series Homicide: Life on the Street. The focus was on a single episode, "Subway," which aired December 5, 1997. Essentially a mood-and-character piece involving the foredoomed victim of a Read More

The Ultimate Guide: Dogs

Synopsis: Ultimate Guide Series: Dogs is part of the highly acclaimed series from the Discovery Channel. How did the dog come to be so successfully domesticated from its wild ancestors? Dr. Rodney Honeycutt discusses the genetics of domestication and some of the special qualities of the dog, such as its Read More

The Crucible

Actors: Daniel Day-Lewis, Winona Ryder, Paul Scofield, Joan Allen, Bruce Davison

Synopsis: When Arthur Miller's play The Crucible was first staged in 1953, it was widely acclaimed as a metaphor for the recklessness of Joseph McCarthy and his spurious crusade against communism. In its 1996 screen adaptation (scripted by Miller), the tone has been adjusted somewhat and plays as a warning Read More

100 Years of Olympic Glory

Synopsis: Originally produced for PBS, this video documents the last 100 years of the Olympics. Directed by Olympic expert Bud Greenspan, it showcases some of the greatest U.S. athletes of the century. Running a full three hours, it provides a look at some of the most exciting events, historic finishes, and Read More

America's Greatest Olympians

Synopsis: Accomplished sports producer Bud Greenspan has put together a wonderful collection of clips showing some of America's top athletes competing in the Olympics. Watch as Betty Robinson becomes the first woman to win a gold medal in track and field in the 100-meter dash back in 1928 in Amsterdam. Look Read More

Welcome to the Dollhouse

Actors: Eric Mabius, Heather Matarazzo, Daria Kalinina, Matthew Faber, Angela Pietropinto, Bill Buell

Synopsis: Twelve-year-old Dawn Wiener (Heather Matarazzo) is perhaps the most put-upon adolescent in film history in Todd Solondz's bitterly hilarious black comedy Welcome to the Dollhouse. Dawn is bright but awkward, both physically and socially, and is appallingly unpopular among her peers, to whom she's Read More

Shawn Kemp: The Reignman

Synopsis: Get the inside scoop on the life of six-time NBA all-star and Dream Team II member Shawn Kemp in the sports documentary Shawn Kemp: The Reignman. Follow the superstar from his early childhood in Indiana to his basketball achievements at Concord High School to his meteoric rise in the NBA. Watch Read More

Crossbow

Law & Order: Family Values

Synopsis: At first, it appears that a wealthy woman's death was the result of suicide. But as the detectives and the lawyers dig deeper, it becomes obvious that the woman was murdered. This time the suspects include the dead woman's teenaged daughter and the victim's husband -- or, in this case, husbands. Read More

School Ties

Actors: Brendan Fraser, Matt Damon, Chris O'Donnell, Randall Batinkoff, Andrew Lowery

Synopsis: An assemblage of young Hollywood actors poised for stardom marked this tale of anti-Semitism at a 1950s prep school. Brendan Fraser stars as David Greene, a working-class Jewish quarterback from Scranton, Pennsylvania, who is offered a senior year scholarship to a prestigious New England academy. Read More

Murder, She Wrote: Programmed for Murder

Synopsis: We're back in Cabot Cove for this episode, in which Jessica's friend Dr. Seth Hazlitt (William Windom) is facing a malpractice suit. It seems that the family of the late owner of Cabot Cove's computer company died of bleeding ulcers while under Seth's care. However, there is something about this Read More

Hostile Takeover

Actors: John Vernon, David Warner, Michael Ironside, Kate Vernon, Jayne Eastwood, Will Lyman

Synopsis: Michael A. Gilbert's Office Party was the basis for the Canadian thriller Hostile Takeover (it also bears traces of "Wall to Wall War", an episode of the 1963 TV anthology The Richard Boone Show). David Warner plays a mild-mannered office worker who one morning kicks over protocol and pulls a gun Read More

The Adventures of William Tell

Actors: Will Lyman, Jeremy Clyde, Harry Carey, Jr., Johnny Crawford, Robert Forster

Synopsis: Adapted from television's Crossbow series, the archer of renown legend battles a tyrannical governor with a hastily regrouped "Four Horsemen." Only William Tell can rescue his land and his son from the harsh ruler. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Three Sovereigns for Sarah

Synopsis: The brutal Salem witch trials provide the setting for this provocative drama that presents the story of an accused woman who survived the ordeal. Like her two older sisters, poor Sarah faces a trial herself. The sisters were tortured, found guilty and burned. Despite her fear, Sarah proves that Read More