William Byron Hillman was raised in Chicago, Denver and Oklahoma City.
He attended the Oklahoma Military Academy and UCLA. He began his
Hollywood career as an actor in
Ice Station Zebra (1968) with
Rock Hudson and
Ernest Borgnine and made appearances in
the TV series
Bewitched (1964) and
the soap opera
Days of Our Lives (1965).
He eventually stepped behind the camera and has become a complete
filmmaker. He has directed, produced and written 14 feature films,
numerous TV commercials, several music videos and has sold 32
screenplays, of which over half have been produced. Bill has developed
4 TV series, directed two series pilots and directed, wrote, produced
and narrated the award-winning feature documentary "Money". Bill has
lectured at many major college campuses on filmmaking, and is an active
member of The Directors Guild of America (DGA), The Writers Guild of
America west (WGA) and The Screen Actors Guild (SAG).