WILSON, Jim

PERSONAL

Married; children: two. Education: Graduated from Antioch College and Berkeley Film Institute.

Addresses: Office —Tig Productions, 4000 Warner Ave., Building 5, Suite 100, Burbank, CA 91522.

Career: Producer, director, writer, and executive. Tig Productions, Burbank, CA, founder (with Kevin Costner), 1988, and president; American Twist Productions, founder.

Awards, Honors: Academy Award, best picture (with Kevin Costner), 1991, Golden Laurel Award, motion picture producer of the year (with Costner), Producers Guild of America, 1991, Bronze Wrangler Award, outstanding theatrical motion picture (with others), Western Heritage Awards, 1991, and Film Award nomination, best film (with Costner), British Academy of Film and Television Arts, 1992, all for Dances with Wolves; Best Film Award nomination, Catalonian International Film Festival, 1996, for Head above Water.

CREDITS

Film Producer:

(And director) The Movie Maker (also known as Hollywood Dreaming and Smart Alec ), Vestron Video, 1986.

(With Kevin Costner) Dances with Wolves, Orion, 1990.

The Bodyguard, Warner Bros., 1992.

Wyatt Earp, Warner Bros., 1994.

Rapa Nui, Warner Bros., 1994.

The Postman, Warner Bros., 1997.

Message in a Bottle, Warner Bros., 1999.

(And director) Whirlygirl, All the Way Round Inc., 2004.

Film Work; Other:

Executive producer and director, Stacy's Knights (also known as Double Down, The Touch, and Winning Streak ), Crown, 1983.

Associate producer, Revenge, United Entertainment, 1986.

Film Appearances:

(Uncredited) Doctor who examines Dunbar, Dances with Wolves, Orion, 1990.

Television Work; Movies:

Producer (with John M. Jacobson and Helen Pollack) and director, Head above Water, HBO, 1996.

Television Work; Specials:

Executive producer, 500 Nations, CBS, 1995.

WRITINGS

Screenplays:

The Movie Maker (also known as Hollywood Dreaming and Smart Alec ), Vestron Video, 1986.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Empire, October, 1997, p. 36.