William Tannen

Born and raised in New York City William Bill Tannen graduated from Boston University and pursued a career in advertising He created the famous Girl Watchers campaign for Diet Pepsi in 1967 which won four Clio Awards and then created his own company Sunday Productions to produce TV commercials Tannen moved to Los Angeles in 1972 and continued to direct commercials all over the world garnering five more Clios in the process Tannen directed his first feature film Flashpoint in 1984 and went on to direct numerous films TV series and music videos the latter including the Commodores Night Shift in 1985 which won a Grammy Award for Best RB Video Tannen has also taught directors workshops at the EICAR International Film School in Paris France