William Fantini - Producer of Film, Video and Digital Media

William Fantini has produced short films, music videos, commercials, multimedia broadcasts, web sites and a horde of printed materials. And, he has written one feature length screen play and over twenty movie treatments.

William Fantini graduated from the Boston University College of Communications in 1991 with a Bachelor of Science in Broadcasting and Film. Immediately after graduation, was offered a position as a production assistant on an independent feature film being produced in Miami, Florida. When he arrived in Miami, he was the third person on the crew, and quickly took on every responsibility available.

Within two weeks he had designed and built the production sets needed for several scenes of the film. A few weeks later, he was making phone calls arranging for locations, permits, insurance and contracts for cast and crew. By the time the full crew arrived from New York, Will was giving the titles of 2nd Assistant Director and Unit Production Manager.

The film was called "The Electric Hummingbird," and through superhuman efforts on everyone's part, it was filmed in three and a half weeks with two more weeks of second unit filming. Several experienced people on the crew called Will, "the hardest working man in show business," because he was the first on the set, last to leave and was in motion 20 hours a day.

When "The Electric Hummingbird" was finished, Will stayed in Miami and worked with the Producer on several more projects as Associate Producer and Assistant Director, though he was also operating cameras, coaching talent and contributing to the overall creative process. After a few months, he decided it was time to set out on his own to write and direct and gain more experience in Assistant Director Department on bigger productions. Logically, he moved to Los Angeles.

Will worked on several Film, Video and Commercial productions in any department where he could learn and contribute, including art department, grip department, camera department, and assistant director department. On every production, he was regarded for his dedication, commitment and professionalism.

By early 1992, Will had enough credits in A.D. department to apply for membership in the Directors Guild of America. He faced a bit of a quandary in that he felt everything he was doing was keeping him on the production side of the industry and not opening any opportunities on the creative side.

Will spoke with several producers and directors whom he had met and trusted who advised him that the more time and energy he spent in production, the less likely it would be for him to transition to the creative side. In essence, they advised him to get out while he could... "go away and write and produce your own stuff and then come back, if you still want to."

In the spring of 1992, Will left the film industry to work as a freelance photographer and moved first to New Mexico and then to Nashville, TN where he found many opportunities as well as a clean, friendly and convenient place to live. He has traveled all over the U.S. and abroad since then while continuing to call Tennessee his home.

Visit the Projects Page for a list of Fantini's productions, and visit his other Web Sites for samples of his work, including "ImagicaProductions.com" and "KineticMedia.com" For more information regarding Fantini's production experience working for other producers, please visit his Production Resume page.

William Fantini applies his knowledge of film production to every project he produces and has also brought similar methodologies to the production of multimedia and to the management of creative and technical teams as a Creative Director for hire.

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