Will Packer is an American filmmaker and Producer & Creator of Will Packer Productions. In 1994 Packer and Hardy produced their very first movie Chocolate City. The movie did comparatively well and earned them a little distribution deal. After graduating from school Packer moved to Atlanta, Georgia, which will shortly end up being the birthplace of Rainforest Films. Packer and Hardy’s vision was to make movies that will attract black audiences who hadn’t viewed genre movies starring people like themselves. Trois, the organization ‘s first picture to be released theatrically, grossed over $1.2 million and picture became the fastest million-dollar grossing picture distributed by African Americans. Because of the success of the movie William and Rob were recorded amongst the “New Establishment” of Black Power Brokers in Hollywood. In 2001, Packer brokered an extremely lucrative deal with Sony’s Columbia Tri-Star to make and distribute urban pictures including but not restricted to, Trois’s sequel Trois: The Escort, and Objectives. The movie Lockdown, released under this particular Rainforest Columbia Tristar cooperation, was one of Columbia Tri-Star’s top selling independent releases. Currently, Packer began using the shortened moniker “Will Packer”. Rainforest movies have the ability to diversify their casts with well recognized actors and performers in addition to those that are up and coming.
Think Like A Man, Ride Along 2, Ride Along, Takers, No Good Deed, About Last Night, Stomp the Yard, Obsessed, This Christmas, The Gospel, Trois 2: Pandora's Box, Motives, Motives 2, Three Can Play That Game, Stomp the Yard: Homecoming, Trois, Trois: The Escort, The Wedding Ringer
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Ride Along 3
2018
producer announced
Girls Trip
2017/I
producer post-production
Jacob's Ladder
2017
producer post-production
Nine Years Under
TV Series executive producer announced
Think Like a Man
TV Series producer announced
Almost Christmas
2016
producer - produced by
Sunset Ppl
2016
TV Movie executive producer - as Will Packer
Uncle Buck
2016
TV Series executive producer - 8 episodes
Roots
2016
TV Mini-Series executive producer - 4 episodes
Ride Along 2
2016
producer - as Will Packer
Truth Be Told
2015
TV Series executive producer
Straight Outta Compton
2015
executive producer - as Will Packer
The Wedding Ringer
2015
producer
No Good Deed
2014/I
producer
Think Like a Man Too
2014
producer
About Last Night
2014
producer
Ride Along
2014
producer
Battle of the Year
2013
executive producer - as Will Packer
Uptown Comic
2012
TV Series executive producer - as Will Packer
Gary Owen: True Story
2012
executive producer - as Will Packer
Think Like a Man
2012
producer - as Will Packer
Alpha Man: The Brotherhood of MLK
2011
TV Movie documentary executive producer
Takers
2010
producer - as Will Packer
Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming
2010
producer
Sprite Step Off
2010
TV Series executive producer - 2 episodes
Obsessed
2009
producer - as Will Packer
This Christmas
2007
producer - as Will Packer
Three Can Play That Game
2007
producer
Motives 2
2007
Video producer
Stomp the Yard
2007
producer
Puff, Puff, Pass
2006
producer
The Gospel Live Concert
2005
Video executive producer
The Gospel
2005
producer
Trois 3: The Escort
2004
Video executive producer
Motives
2004
Video producer
Pandora's Box
2002
producer
Trois
2000
producer
Chocolate City
1994
producer
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Think Like a Man
2012
Man in Bathroom (as Will Packer)
The Gospel
2005
Attendant (as Will Packer)
Trois
2000
Man in Club
Chocolate City
1994
Frank Love
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Nine Years Under
TV Series announced
Pandora's Box
2002
story
Trois
2000
Camera Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Ride
1998
camera intern - as William E. Packer Jr.
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Grapes on a Vine
2008
special thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Real
2016
TV Series
Himself
Made in Hollywood
2014-2016
TV Series
Himself
Entertainment Tonight
2015
TV Series
Himself - Producer, A Meyers Christmas
The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore
2015
TV Series
Himself - Panelist
BET Awards 2014: Genius Talks
2014
TV Special
Himself
The Insider
2014
TV Series
Himself - Producer
Exhale
2014
TV Series
Himself
Executing the Heist: The Making of 'Takers'
2011
Video documentary short
Himself
Takers: Take Action!
2011
Video documentary short
Himself
Stomp on the Yard: Choreography
2010
Video short
Himself
The Mo'Nique Show
2010
TV Series
Himself
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s
2009
Video documentary
Himself
Battles. Rivals. Brothers.
2007
Video short
Himself
Motives 2: Behind the Scenes
2007
Video short
Himself
The Making of 'Motives'
2004
Video short documentary
Himself
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2012
Pioneer Award
Black Film Critics Circle Awards
This year's Pioneer Award is given to producer Will Packer of Rainforest Films. While he's been ... More