William Phillips is a Canadian

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and

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. After graduating from the

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with a bachelor of science, Phillips studied film at

Ryerson University Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU or Toronto Met) is a public university, public research university located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The university's core campus is situated within the Garden District, Toronto, Garden District, although i ...

. Phillips then ran a film production company entitled Grandview Products and worked on the second-unit of the film ''

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''. After directing two short films, ''Milkman'' and ''Deep Cut'', Phillips wrote and directed his first feature film in 2001, '' Treed Murray''. The film earned five Genie Awards nominations including Best Motion Picture. Williams has since directed two more major Canadian films, '' Foolproof'' and ''

Gunless ''Gunless'' is a 2010 Canadian Western comedy film directed by William Phillips and released by Alliance Films. Plot In 1878, a hardened American gunfighter arrives in a small town in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies, a place that doesn't ...

''.

Selected filmography

*''Milkman'' (1997, short film) *''Deep Cut'' (1998, short film) *'' Treed Murray'' (2001) *'' Foolproof'' (2003) *''

'' (2010)

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