William Wedig

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William Wedig
BornWilliam Wedig
(1983-11-03) November 3, 1983 (age 34)
Marietta, Ohio, United States
Occupation film director, editor

William "Will" Wedig is an American filmmaker, focusing on directing and editing.

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Biography

His most recent work includes directing 2011 Forged (film) and Exposure: Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 2011. [1] Wedig also directed the 2007 horror film Rise of the Dead (film) ., [2] [3] post-supervised La Soga, and edited a documentary, The Life a House Built: The 25th Anniversary of the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work Project , for This Old House for PBS . His other works are Tryst, La Soga and Salvage. [4]

<i>Forged</i> (film) 2010 film by William Wedig

Forged is a 2010 drama directed by William Wedig starring Manny Perez, David Castro, Margo Martindale, Kevin Breznahan, and Jaime Tirelli. Forged was released in theaters through Maya Entertainment on July 29, 2011, as part of the Maya Indie Series.

<i>La Soga</i> 2009 film

La Soga is a 2009 action film directed by Josh Crook starring Manny Perez and Denise Quiñones. It tells the story of Luisito, a brave man who risks everything to find justice. The film is a story of redemption set in the neighborhoods of the Dominican Republic and Washington Heights, New York.

This Old House is an American home improvement media brand with television shows, a magazine and a website, ThisOldHouse.com. The brand is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut. The television series airs on the American television network Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and follows remodeling projects of houses over a number of weeks. This Old House is produced by This Old House Ventures, Inc. with WGBH Boston as the PBS distributing station. Warner Bros. Domestic Television distributes the series to commercial television stations in syndication. Time Inc. launched This Old House magazine in 1995, focusing on home how-to, know-how and inspiration.

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Growing up in Marietta, Ohio, William began making films around ages 10 or 11. He graduated with a degree in film editing from the School of Visual Arts in New York City in 2006.

Marietta, Ohio City in Ohio, United States

Marietta is a city in and the county seat of Washington County, Ohio, United States. During 1788, pioneers to the Ohio Country established Marietta as the first permanent settlement of the new United States in the Territory Northwest of the River Ohio. Marietta is located in southeastern Ohio at the mouth of the Muskingum River at its confluence with the Ohio River 11 miles northeast of Parkersburg, West Virginia. The population was 14,085 at the 2010 census.

School of Visual Arts art school in New York

The School of Visual Arts is a for-profit art and design college in Manhattan, New York. It was founded in 1947, and is a member of the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design.

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