Bill L. Norton
{{short description|American film director}}{{BLP sources|date=May 2020}}
Bill L. Norton is an American film director, writer and producer. Among many projects, he is the writer-director of Cisco Pike and More American Graffiti.
Career
Norton is most notable as a film director, including his first feature film, Cisco Pike in 1971, which he also wrote.{{Cite news|last=Canby|first=Vincent|date=1972-01-15|title=' Cisco Pike':Tale of Has-Been Rock Star Opens at Forum|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/01/15/archives/cisco-piketale-of-hasbeen-rock-star-opens-at-forum.html|access-date=2020-05-05|issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web|title=The Celluloid Time Capsule|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-may-28-tm-ciscopike22-story.html|date=2006-05-28|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-05}}{{Cite book|last1=Horwath|first1=Alexander|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p-xgdo_-5XEC&q=bill+norton+cisco+pike&pg=PA95|title=The Last Great American Picture Show: New Hollywood Cinema in the 1970s|last2=Elsaesser|first2=Thomas|last3=King|first3=Noel|date=2004|publisher=Amsterdam University Press|isbn=978-90-5356-631-2|language=en}} He worked as a screenwriter in the 1970s and '80s, writing the scripts for Convoy and Outlaw Blues, among other films.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1hDNCgAAQBAJ&q=bill+norton+convoy+peckinpah&pg=PA10|title=Masters of the Shoot-'Em-Up: Conversations with Directors, Actors and Writers of Vintage Action Movies and Television Shows|first=Tadhg|last=Taylor|date=October 27, 2015|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9781476620985|via=Google Books}}
He also has directed many television series, among them Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, John Doe, Hack, Las Vegas, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Lincoln Heights and Roswell.
He is the son of screenwriter William W. Norton, who was convicted in 1986 of importing arms to Northern Ireland for the IRA and the INLA.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-oct-10-la-me-william-norton-20101010-story.html|title=William W. 'Bill' Norton dies at 85; screenwriter became gunrunner|first=Elaine|last=Woo|work=Los Angeles Times|location=Los Angeles|date=October 10, 2010|access-date=September 17, 2017}}
Sometimes he is credited as B.W.L. Norton, Bill Norton or William Lloyd Norton.
Filmography
= Films =
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ !Year !Title |
| 1964
|How to Succeed with Girls |{{no}} |{{yes}} |
| 1971
|{{yes}} |{{yes}} |
| 1977
|{{no}} |{{yes}} |
| 1978
|{{no}} |{{yes}} |
| 1979
|{{yes}} |{{yes}} |
| 1982
|{{no}} |{{yes}} |
| 1985
|Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend |{{yes}} |{{no}} |
| rowspan="2" |1987
|{{no}} |{{Partial|Story}} |
| Three for the Road
|{{yes}} |{{no}} |
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Other credits !Year !Title !Role |
| 1965
| rowspan="3" |Uncredited camera operator |
| rowspan="2" |1966 |
| The Fortune Cookie |
| 1973 |
= Television =
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ As Director !Title !Year(s) !Episode !Notes |
| Gargoyles
|1972 |{{n/a}} |TV movie |
| rowspan="2" |The Twilight Zone
| rowspan="2" |1985-1986 |"Teacher's Aide" | |
| |
| rowspan="10" |Tour of Duty
| rowspan="10" |1987-1989 | |Also co-executive producer |
| rowspan="3" |Also writer & co-executive producer |
| rowspan="3" |Also co-executive producer |
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| rowspan="2" |Grand Slam
| rowspan="3" |1990 | | |
| |
| Angel of Death
|{{n/a}} | rowspan="2" |TV movies |
| False Arrest
|1991 |{{n/a}} |
| The Boys of Twilight
| rowspan="2" |1992 |"A Bend in the River" | |
| Crossroads
|{{n/a|Unknown episodes}} | |
| rowspan="2" |Seaquest DSV
| rowspan="2" |1993 | | |
| |
| rowspan="2" |Hercules: The Legendary
| rowspan="2" |1994 | | |
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| The Women of Spring Break
| rowspan="3" |1995 |{{n/a}} | rowspan="11" |TV movies |
| Deadly Whispers
|{{n/a}} |
| Stolen Innocence
|{{n/a}} |
| Gone in the Night
| rowspan="3" |1996 |{{n/a}} |
| Them
|{{n/a}} |
| Vows of Deception
|{{n/a}} |
| A Deadly Vision
| rowspan="3" |1997 |{{n/a}} |
| Our Mother's Murder
|{{n/a}} |
| Bad to the Bone
|{{n/a}} |
| Every Mother's Worst Fear
| rowspan="2" |1998 |{{n/a}} |
| Thirst
|{{n/a}} |
| rowspan="2" |Vengeance Unlimited
| rowspan="2" |1998-1999 | | |
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| Sons of Thunder
| rowspan="2" |1999 | | |
| A Crime of Passion
|{{n/a}} |TV movie |
| rowspan="2" |Profiler
| rowspan="3" |2000 | | |
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| The Fugitive
| | |
| rowspan="2" |Roswell
| rowspan="2" |2000-2001 | | |
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| FreakyLinks
| rowspan="4" |2001 | | |
| rowspan="3" |The Invisible Man
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| rowspan="6" |Angel
| rowspan="6" |2001-2003 | | |
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| Buffy the Vampire Slayer
| rowspan="4" |2002 | |
| Pasadena
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| Haunted
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| John Doe
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| Hack
|2003 | | |
| rowspan="2" |The Guardian
| rowspan="2" |2004 | | |
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| rowspan="2" |Medium
| rowspan="4" |2005 | | |
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| Threshold
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| Ghost Whisperer
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| rowspan="3" |Law & Order: Criminal Intent
| rowspan="3" |2005-2006 | | |
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| rowspan="5" |The Unit
| rowspan="5" |2006-2009 | | |
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| Heartland
|2007 | | |
| rowspan="4" |Lincoln Heights
| rowspan="4" |2007-2009 | | |
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| Las Vegas
| rowspan="2" |2008 | | |
| Generation Gap
|{{n/a}} |TV movie |
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+As Producer only !Title !Year(s) !Episode !Notes |
| rowspan="14" |Tour of Duty
| rowspan="14" |1987-1988 | | rowspan="14" |Co-executive producer |
| Grand Slam
|1990 | |Executive producer |
= Video Game =
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2005, director)
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0636165|name=Bill L. Norton}}
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Category:American cinematographers
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Category:American male screenwriters
Category:American television directors
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