William Davies Biography

Fast Facts

• Nominated for three screenwriting awards, one of which he won, for "How to Train Your Dragon․"
• Won the Annie award for Best Writing in an Animated Feature Production for "Flushed Away" in 2007
• Graduated from Mercersburg Academy and Cambridge University
• Related to television producer Michael Davies and opera singer Rebecca de Pont Davies
• Best known for writing the films "How to Train Your Dragon," "Puss in Boots," and "Johnny English․"
• Also produced many of the films he wrote, including "Johnny English Reborn," "Alien Autopsy," and "The Real McCoy․"
• Sold his script for "Fool on the Hill" for $3 million after Jim Carrey showed an interest in starring, although the film remains unproduced