Willard Carroll is an American film director, screenwriter, and film producer. Carroll and Thomas L. Wilhite were the co-founders of the film studio "Hyperion Pictures".

As a film director, Carroll is known for the Ragnarok-themed horror film "The Runestone" (1991), the romantic film "Playing by Heart" (1998), the fantasy film "Tom's Midnight Garden" (1999), and the Indian-themed romantic comedy "Marigold" (2007). As a screenwriter he is known for animated films, such as "The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars" (1997) and "The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue".

Willard is a fan of the "Land of OZ" and has a large collection of Oz memorabilia. His contribution to the franchise was the television series "The Oz Kids" (1996), which he both produced and scripted.

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Gillian Anderson, Sean Connery, Ryan Phillippe, Anthony Edwards, Dennis Quaid, Madeleine Stowe, Angelina Jolie, Gena Rowlands, and Jon Stewart in Playing by Heart (1998)

Jon Lovitz, Timothy E. Day, Deanna Oliver, Thurl Ravenscroft, and Timothy Stack in The Brave Little Toaster (1987)

Ali Larter and Salman Khan in Marigold (2007)

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