Willard Carroll

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Willard Carroll born 1955 in Easton Maryland is an American film producer writer and director He was executive producer of The Brave Little Toaster series writing the screenplays for The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue and The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars He wrote and directed the Ragnarokthemed horroradventure film The Runestone the ensemble romance Playing by Heart the family film Toms Midnight Garden and the Bollywood pastiche Marigold An ardent fan of the Land of Oz Carroll is recognized as having the largest privatelyheld collection of Oz memorabilia in the world and several books including The Wizard of Oz Collectors Treasury and All Things Oz have been published displaying parts of is collection which includes the Wicked Witch of the Wests hourglass from the 1939 MGM film He also wrote and produced the video series The Oz Kids He established Hyperion Pictures with Thomas L Wilhite a former Disney executive who greenlighted Return to Oz Other animated films his studio released include The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina The Tangerine Bear Rover Dangerfield and Bebes Kids Description above from the Wikipedia article Willard Carroll licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia