William Harrison (author)
William Neal Harrison ( born October 29, 1933, Dallas, Texas, † October 22, 2013 in Fayetteville, Arkansas) was an American writer and professor of English.
Life
Harrison made in 1955 graduated from Texas Christian University in Fort Worth and in 1957 married Merlee Kimsey. The marriage produced three children.
William Harrison wrote the short story Roller Ball Murders and later the screenplay for the which inspired science fiction film Rollerball from 1975, which many considered a classic of the genre, as well as for the 2002 twisted remake of the same title, but this was panned by the critics.
Compared to his students ( during a course on writing for the screen to 1989) he should have said about the film's director from 1975, Norman Jewison: "He has done everything with my screenplay, except to use it. "
In addition, he wrote the screenplay for Mountains of the Moon ( Mountains of the Moon ) from 1990, the expedition of Captain Richard Francis Burton and Lt.. John Hanning Speke treats that will locate in the name of Queen Victoria, the source of the Nile.
Filmography
As a screenwriter: