Will Packer
William Packer specialized in producing films and TV for the African-American market. While studying Electrical Engineering at Florida A&M University Packer completed an internship with producer/director Warrington Hudlin. Taking on producer and even acting roles for a hands-on debut feature written and directed by fraternity brother Rob Hardy. "Chocolate City" (1994) was a modest direct-to-video success but more importantly it helped Packer and Hardy set up production company Rainforest Films. Their next feature, "Trios" (2000), again directed by Hardy and co-written by Packer, quickly grossed over one million dollars. Followed by sequel "Trios 2: Pandora's Box" (2002), and "The Gospel" (2005), alongside direct to video titles such as "Puff, Puff, Pass" (2005), before their first big breakout hit "Stomp The Yard" (2007) which topped the U.S. box office on release. The company was on a roll with other hits including "This Christmas" (2007), "Obsessed" (2009), "Takers" (2010) and "Think Like a Man" (2012) which also won the 2013 BET Award for Best Movie. Packer launched his own production company, Will Packer Productions, in 2013. In 2014 shareholders voted to dissolve Rainforest Films but they went out on a high with "About Last Night" (2014), a remake of the 1980s comedy which grossed almost $50 million in the U.S. alone, before Will Packer Productions took over with "Think Like a Man Too" (2014), "No Good Deed" (2014) and the Kevin Hart vehicle "The Wedding Ringer" (2015). The company also expanded into TV signing a deal with Universal Television to develop a number of series, early proposals included a TV reboot of much loved '80s comedy "Uncle Buck" (2016) for ABC and a series based on Packer's own childhood, "Like Father, Like Son" (NBC).
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Will Packer
Filmography
Movies
Credit | |||||
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32% |
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Dashing Through the Snow | Producer | - | 2023 |
56% |
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Praise This | Producer | - | 2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Oracle | Producer | - | 2023 |
69% |
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Beast | Producer | $31.8M | 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Return |
Unknown (Character), Executive Producer |
- | 2022 |
No Score Yet |
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Wendy Williams: The Movie | Executive Producer | - | 2021 |
75% |
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The Photograph | Producer | $20.6M | 2020 |
4% |
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Jacob's Ladder | Producer | - | 2019 |
46% |
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Little | Producer | $40.6M | 2019 |
41% |
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What Men Want | Producer | $54.6M | 2019 |
27% |
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Night School | Producer | $77.2M | 2018 |
27% |
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Breaking In | Producer | $46.3M | 2018 |
91% |
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Girls Trip | Producer | $115.1M | 2017 |
49% |
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Almost Christmas | Producer | $42.0M | 2016 |
14% |
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Ride Along 2 | Producer | $90.8M | 2016 |
89% |
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Straight Outta Compton | Executive Producer | $161.0M | 2015 |
29% |
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The Wedding Ringer | Producer | $64.5M | 2015 |
13% |
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No Good Deed | Producer | $52.5M | 2014 |
23% |
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Think Like a Man Too | Producer | $65.1M | 2014 |
68% |
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About Last Night | Producer | $48.6M | 2014 |
18% |
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Ride Along | Producer | $134.1M | 2014 |
6% |
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Battle of the Year | Executive Producer | $8.8M | 2013 |
54% |
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Think Like a Man | Producer | $91.5M | 2012 |
No Score Yet |
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Stomp the Yard: Homecoming | Producer | - | 2010 |
28% |
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Takers | Producer | $57.7M | 2010 |
19% |
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Obsessed | Producer | $68.3M | 2009 |
No Score Yet |
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Three Can Play That Game | Producer | - | 2007 |
56% |
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This Christmas | Producer | $49.1M | 2007 |
No Score Yet |
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Motives 2: Retribution | Producer | - | 2007 |
27% |
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Stomp the Yard | Producer | $61.4M | 2007 |
No Score Yet |
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Puff, Puff, Pass | Producer | - | 2006 |
32% |
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The Gospel | Producer | $15.8M | 2005 |
No Score Yet |
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Trois: The Escort | Executive Producer | - | 2004 |
No Score Yet |
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Motives | Producer | - | 2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Trois 3: The Escort | Executive Producer | - | 2004 |
No Score Yet |
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Pandora's Box |
Writer, Producer |
$882.0K | 2002 |
No Score Yet |
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Trois |
Writer, Producer |
$1.2M | 2000 |
TV
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No Score Yet | 80% | Queens Court | Executive Producer | 2023-2024 |
96% | 91% | Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist | Executive Producer | 2024 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ready to Love | Executive Producer | 2018-2024 |
No Score Yet | 88% | The Baxters | Executive Producer | 2024 |
No Score Yet | 57% | That Girl Lay Lay | Executive Producer | 2021-2024 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Put a Ring on It | Executive Producer | 2020-2023 |
45% | No Score Yet | The Academy Awards | Producer | 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Luda Can't Cook | Executive Producer | 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bigger | Executive Producer | 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Atlanta Child Murders: Motion to Reopen | Executive Producer | 2020 |
No Score Yet | 47% | Rob Riggle: Global Investigator | Executive Producer | 2020 |
No Score Yet | 89% | Ambitions |
Creator, Executive Producer |
2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Atlanta Child Murders | Executive Producer | 2019 |
No Score Yet | 11% | The View | Guest | 2019 |
30% | 45% | Uncle Buck | Executive Producer | 2016 |
96% | 75% | Roots | Executive Producer | 2016 |
15% | 57% | Truth Be Told | Executive Producer | 2015 |