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William Dale Wittliff (January 21, 1940 – June 9, 2019), sometimes credited as Bill Wittliff, was an American screenwriter, author, and photographer who wrote the screenplays for The Perfect Storm (2000), Barbarosa (1982), Raggedy Man (1981), and many others.
- 1964 – 2019
- January 21, 1940, Taft, Texas, U.S.
- University of Texas at Austin
- June 9, 2019 (aged 79), Austin, Texas, U.S.
William D. Wittliff. Writer. Producer. Actor. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. Bill Wittliff was born in Taft, a small town in south Texas, in 1940. After his parents divorced, he and his brother Jim moved with their. mother to Gregory, Texas, where Mrs. Wittliff ran a small telephone.
- January 1, 1
- Taft, Texas, USA
- January 1, 1
- Austin, Texas, USA
Jun 10, 2019 · June 10, 2019 12:05pm. Michael O’Brien. William D. Wittliff, the elegant Texas screenwriter who penned the teleplay for the acclaimed miniseries Lonesome Dove and worked on such features as...
May 28, 2020 · William Dale “Bill” Wittliff, celebrated screenwriter, photographer, publisher, novelist, film director, and major benefactor, described as a “Renaissance hombre” by Texas Monthly, was born in Taft, Texas, on January 21, 1940. He was the youngest of two children of Laura (Sachtleben) Wittliff and William Albert Wittliff.
William D. Wittliff. Jump to Edit. Overview. Born. January 21, 1940 · Taft, Texas, USA. Died. June 9, 2019 · Austin, Texas, USA (heart attack) Birth name. William Dale Wittliff. Nickname. Bill. Mini Bio. Bill Wittliff was born in Taft, a small town in south Texas, in 1940. After his parents divorced, he and his brother Jim moved with their.
- January 21, 1940
- June 9, 2019
For all the identifiers that obituary writers will reach for to describe Bill Wittliff—screenwriter, photographer, book publisher, novelist, sketch artist, archivist, preservationist,...
Jun 13, 2019 · Bill Wittliff, a garrulous Texas-bred screenwriter who adapted Larry McMurtry’s sweeping Pulitzer Prize-winning western novel “Lonesome Dove” into a hit mini-series, died on Sunday near his...
