William R. Coughlan
Known For: Directing
Gender: Male
William R. Coughlan is an award-winning screenwriter and director, and founder and CEO of independent video production company Tohubohu Productions, LLC. He worked for several years with The Advisory Board Company (and its offshoot companies, CEB and EAB) in Washington, D.C., where he began as a graphic designer before creating a full-service in-house video and multimedia department, and then eventually moving into the ranks of creative department management. In addition, he provides creative oversight for the Public & Government Affairs team at Edelman, is the Creative Director of Jabberwocky Audio Theater, and served for several years on the Board of Directors for TIVA, the Television, Internet, and Video Association of DC, Inc., filling the roles of Treasurer and Vice President before finishing his tenure as President. He also enjoys acting, voiceover performance, design and illustration, editing, animation, and writing autobiographical comments in the third person. He is the illustrator of the therapeutic workbook Stories for Children with Problems & Wishes, has provided schematic graphics for several HBS case studies, designed the acclaimed Protégé clay poker chip line, served as the Critic at Large for the online literary magazine Inkblots, has been a judge for both the TIVA Peer Awards and the Emmy Awards, founded and co-hosted the long-running Tohubohu Producer Podcast, and is an accomplished animator and ambigram artist. He currently resides at a secret compound in Northern Virginia.
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Actor Office worker
Believe Me
Actor Funeral Guest
The Rest of Your Life
Director
The Least Among Us
Director
Believe Me
Director
The Rest of Your Life
Executive Producer
The Least Among Us
Editor
The Least Among Us
Executive Producer
Believe Me
Editor
Believe Me
Executive Producer
The Rest of Your Life
Editor
The Rest of Your Life
2016
2015
Actor Interrogator
The Greater Evil
Actor Open-Carry Agitator
The Greater Evil
Actor Grim Man
Tex: Wisdom of the Old West
Actor Master Dante
Codependence Day
Director
The Greater Evil
Executive Producer
The Greater Evil
Editor
The Greater Evil
Writer
The Greater Evil
Director
Tex: Wisdom of the Old West
Writer
Tex: Wisdom of the Old West
Director
Codependence Day
Writer
Codependence Day
Executive Producer
Tex: Wisdom of the Old West
Editor
Tex: Wisdom of the Old West
Executive Producer
Codependence Day
Editor
Codependence Day
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2005
Actor Office Worker
Homemade Hero
Producer
Homemade Hero
Director
The Big Lie (That Solves Everything)
Editor
Homemade Hero
Construction Grip
Homemade Hero
Executive Producer
The Big Lie (That Solves Everything)
Editor
The Big Lie (That Solves Everything)
Visual Effects
The Big Lie (That Solves Everything)
Construction Grip
The Big Lie (That Solves Everything)
Executive Producer
Quite Contrary
