Colin Wilson (born June 13, 1961) is an American film producer, executive producer, and unit production manager. He is best known for producing the films ''
Casper
Casper may refer to:
People
* Casper (given name)
* Casper (surname)
* Casper (Maya ruler) (422–487?), ruler of the Mayan city of Palenque
* Tok Casper, first known king of Maya city-state Quiriguá in Guatemala, ruling beginning in 426
* David ...
'' (1995), ''
The Lost World: Jurassic Park'' (1997), ''
Amistad'' (1997), ''
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider'' (2001), ''
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines'' (2003), ''
Troy
Troy ( el, Τροία and Latin: Troia, Hittite language, Hittite: 𒋫𒊒𒄿𒊭 ''Truwiša'') or Ilion ( el, Ίλιον and Latin: Ilium, Hittite language, Hittite: 𒃾𒇻𒊭 ''Wiluša'') was an ancient city located at Hisarlik in prese ...
'' (2004), ''
War of the Worlds'' (2005), ''
Munich
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'' (2005), ''
John Carter'' (2012), and ''
The Meg
''The Meg'' is a 2018 science fiction action film directed by Jon Turteltaub with screenplay by Dean Georgaris, Jon Hoeber, and Erich Hoeber, loosely based on the 1997 book '' Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror'' by Steve Alten. The film stars Jason Sta ...
'' (2018).
NYT Filmography
New York Times; September 1, 2012
Wilson began his career as an assistant editor
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, working on the first three installments of the ''Superman'' film series (1978–1983). He also executive produced the films ''Avatar
Avatar (, ; ), is a concept within Hinduism that in Sanskrit literally means "descent". It signifies the material appearance or incarnation of a powerful deity, goddess or spirit on Earth. The relative verb to "alight, to make one's appearanc ...
'' (2009), ''Zero Dark Thirty
''Zero Dark Thirty'' is a 2012 American thriller film directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by Mark Boal. The film dramatizes the nearly decade-long international manhunt for Osama bin Laden, leader of terrorist network Al-Qaeda, after the S ...
'' (2012), and '' Suicide Squad'' (2016), as well as the series '' The Mandalorian'' (2019–2020), which earned him a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series
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.
Filmography
He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.
Film
;Editorial department
;Production manager
;Miscellaneous crew
;Thanks
Television
;Production manager
;Thanks
References
External links
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American film producers
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
1957 births
Unit production managers
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