William Brent Bell

Director

Birthday September 17, 1970

Birth Sign Virgo

Birthplace Lexington, KY

Age 53 years old

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About

American film director, screenwriter, and producer known mostly for his work on horror films. He has 20,000 followers on Twitter and 40,000 on Instagram.

Before Fame

He met his writing partner Matt Peterman, who grew up in the same town as him, when he moved to Los Angeles. 

Trivia

His supernatural horror film Separation was originally pitched to him by a producer as a variation on the 1979 Meryl Streep and Dustin Hoffman-led film Kramer vs. Kramer. He said he related heavily to the film. Streep's daughter Mamie Gummer starred in Separation.

Family Life

He was born in Lexington, Kentucky. He has an older sister. He left Kentucky at the age of 22 and moved to Los Angeles.

Associated With

He worked with Lauren Cohan and Rupert Friend on The Boy, with Katie Holmes on Brahms: The Boy II, and with Isabelle Fuhrman in Orphan: First Kill.