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William Fruet (born January 1, 1933) [1] is a Canadian film and television director, playwright and screenwriter. He made his directorial debut with the drama Wedding in White (1972), based on a play he had also written. The film won Best Picture at the Canadian Film Awards in 1973.
- Canadian
- 1963–present
- Film director, screenwriter, playwright
William Fruet. Director: The House by the Lake. William Fruet was born on 1 January 1933 in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. He is a director and writer, known for The House by the Lake (1976), The Egg Factory (2008) and Spasms (1983).
- January 1, 1
- Director, Writer, Producer
- Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
- William Fruet
Out of this commonplace story about ordinary people, the Canadian writer and director William Fruet has fashioned “Wedding in White,” a poignant, bitter, sometimes surprisingly funny slice-of-life. It really does recreate its wartime society; everything about it is right: the clothes, the dialog and particularly the prejudices and ignorance.
Birthday: Jan 1, 1933. Birthplace: Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. William Fruet directed a variety of films throughout his Hollywood career, showing his versatility as a director. Fruet worked on...
Audience ScoreTitleCreditBox OfficeNo Score YetDirector-No Score YetDirector-No Score YetDirector-49%Director-William Fruet. Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Actor. (b. January 1, 1933 Lethbridge, Alberta) A graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada, William Fruet trained as an actor, playwright and director. He moved to Toronto in 1952, intending to find acting work, but had to supplement his occasional roles in CBC productions by working as ...
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Sep 25, 1987 · Edit page. Blue Monkey: Directed by William Fruet. With Ivan E. Roth, Steve Railsback, Gwynyth Walsh, Don Lake. Detective Jim Bishop and Dr. Rachel Carson must find a way to stop a giant monstrous insect that's eating people in her quarantined hospital before it procreates and spreads a deadly infection it's carrying.
Cries in the Night, more popularly released as Funeral Home, is a 1980 Canadian slasher film directed by William Fruet and starring Lesleh Donaldson, Kay Hawtrey, Jack Van Evera, Alf Humphreys, and Harvey Atkin. The plot follows a teenager spending the summer at her grandmother's inn—formerly a funeral home—where guests begin to disappear.