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UPM Dwight Williams
speaks about his 50-year career in television and feature fi lm as a First Assistant Director and Unit Production
Manager, including his work on Malcolm D. Lee's Girls Trip, The Hughes Brothers' Dead Presidents; working
with the late Director John Singleton on Baby Boy and other features; and his extensive Guild involvement.
Williams on his creative contributions as a UPM:
"Sometime the creative team doesn't realize the implications of what they're doing, so I might say, 'Hey,
look. You've got this guy meeting at 12 different times at 12 different locations. How about if he has a
neighborhood bar he likes? Or a special club he likes or a certain, you know, section of the offi ce he hangs
out. And we have the 12 locations in one place. That's his spot he goes to. Then we've got one move, not 12.
You've got also familiarity, maybe have a character there, maybe it's a janitor in the offi ce, or maybe somebody
at a bar. We can make that part of the story. We get production savings, you get something unique and novel,
and we're all home free.'"
Dwight Williams
interviewed by Phillip Goldfarb
Recent Visual History Addition
