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William Campbell (disambiguation) William, Willy, Will, Billy, or Bill Campbell may refer to:
Government officials
* Lord William Campbell (c. 1731 – 1778), Scottish-born royal governor of Nova Scotia and South Carolina
* William Campbell (British Army officer, died 1796) (died ...
Billy Campbell (born November 23, 1959, in
Columbia, South Carolina
Columbia is the capital of the U.S. state of South Carolina. With a population of 136,632 at the 2020 census, it is the second-largest city in South Carolina. The city serves as the county seat of Richland County, and a portion of the city ...
) is an American television executive producer.
Career
Sometime actor including a role in
Project Greenlight
''Project Greenlight'' is an American documentary television series focusing on first-time filmmakers being given the chance to direct a feature film. It was created by Alex Keledjian, developed by Eli Holzman and produced by Ben Affleck, Matt ...
, Campbell has held many executive posts, including
Discovery Channel
Discovery Channel (known as The Discovery Channel from 1985 to 1995, and often referred to as simply Discovery) is an American cable channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery, a publicly traded company run by CEO David Zaslav. , Discovery Channe ...
, where his dismissal was instrumental to the team terminating sponsorship of the
Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
U.S. Postal Service Pro Cycling Team was a United States-based professional road bicycle racing team. On June 15, 2004, the Discovery Channel signed a deal to become sponsor of the team for the 2004–2007 seasons and its name changed to Disc ...
.
On April 1, 2009, Campbell was named president and CEO of
Panavision
Panavision is an American motion picture equipment company founded in 1953 specializing in cameras and lenses, based in Woodland Hills, California. Formed by Robert Gottschalk as a small partnership to create anamorphic projection lenses during ...
in
Los Angeles
Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world' ...
, California.
Personal life
Campbell was one of the passengers on
US Airways Flight 1549
US Airways Flight 1549 was a regularly scheduled US Airways flight from New York City (LaGuardia Airport), to Charlotte, North Carolina, Charlotte and Seattle, in the United States. On January 15, 2009, the Airbus A320 serving the flight bir ...
which ditched in the Hudson River, adjacent to Manhattan, on January 15, 2009.
References
External links
Billy Campbell, Yahoo TV
People from Columbia, South Carolina
1959 births
Living people
American television executives
American television producers
Discovery Channel people
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