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Roy Williams has 0 writing credits in the Nutevio catalogue.
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Roy Williams has 0 writing credits in the Nutevio catalogue.
The recognisable elements are rewatchability, visual style, originality. Watch two of these films back to back and the method separates from the material — the same eye, re-tuned for different registers. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is staged.
Williams set terms other filmmakers now work against: the structures, the pacing and the refusal to explain. Awards bodies have often been slower than the work, which is usually the sign of a career built on choices rather than campaigns.
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Walt Disney
Actor
7 shared titles · Saludos Amigos

Clarence Nash
Actor
4 shared titles · The Three Caballeros

Pinto Colvig
Actor
3 shared titles · Elmer Elephant

Jack Kinney
Director
3 shared titles · Make Mine Music
Homer Brightman
Story
3 shared titles · Make Mine Music
Ted Sears
Story
3 shared titles · The Three Caballeros

Sterling Holloway
Actor
2 shared titles · Make Mine Music

Zé Carioca
Actor
2 shared titles · The Three Caballeros

Dick Huemer
Story
2 shared titles · Make Mine Music

Clyde Geronimi
Director
2 shared titles · Make Mine Music

Hamilton Luske
Director
2 shared titles · Make Mine Music

William Cottrell
Story
2 shared titles · The Three Caballeros
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