Directing

Bill Crain

Known for

Directing

Credits

29 titles

Writer, director, producer of educational shorts and features. Not the William Crain who directed Blacula.

Known for

Behind the camera

Mirage poster
4.6

A smiling, sadistic and seemingly demonic young killer in black, who drives a black pick up truck, is hunting three young couples who came to the desert to drink, party and have sex.

Mirage

1990

Mirage poster
4.6

A smiling, sadistic and seemingly demonic young killer in black, who drives a black pick up truck, is hunting three young couples who came to the desert to drink, party and have sex.

Mirage

1990

Mirage poster
4.6

A smiling, sadistic and seemingly demonic young killer in black, who drives a black pick up truck, is hunting three young couples who came to the desert to drink, party and have sex.

Mirage

1990

Lifetime Contract poster
9.0

Cal discovers a spiritual conflict between good and evil. He finds there's a battleground in a dimension beyond time, where a fight for his thoughts and life is taking place. Which side will Cal choose?

Lifetime Contract

1986

Lifetime Contract poster
9.0

Cal discovers a spiritual conflict between good and evil. He finds there's a battleground in a dimension beyond time, where a fight for his thoughts and life is taking place. Which side will Cal choose?

Lifetime Contract

1986

The Kid from Not-So-Big poster
8.0

A young girl is left to run her grandfather's frontier newspaper. She finds out about a group of conmen and a devious swindle and tries to expose them.

The Kid from Not-So-Big

1978

The Kid from Not-So-Big poster
8.0

A young girl is left to run her grandfather's frontier newspaper. She finds out about a group of conmen and a devious swindle and tries to expose them.

The Kid from Not-So-Big

1978

Nutrition: You Are What You Eat poster
NR

Cartoon short film

Nutrition: You Are What You Eat

1976

Nutrition: You Are What You Eat poster
NR

Cartoon short film

Nutrition: You Are What You Eat

1976

Me: A Self-Awareness Film poster
NR

Creates an awareness of personal identity, the five senses, feelings, and the golden rule using a combination of live action, music, animation, and mime.

Me: A Self-Awareness Film

1975

Me: A Self-Awareness Film poster
NR

Creates an awareness of personal identity, the five senses, feelings, and the golden rule using a combination of live action, music, animation, and mime.

Me: A Self-Awareness Film

1975

Me: A Self-Awareness Film poster
NR

Creates an awareness of personal identity, the five senses, feelings, and the golden rule using a combination of live action, music, animation, and mime.

Me: A Self-Awareness Film

1975

No artwork available
NR

A boy searches for his lost homing pigeon after it is injured by a group of boys.

Lost Pigeon

1974

Midnight Fear poster
4.0

A sheriff tracks down a killer who skinned a woman alive.

Midnight Fear

1991

Midnight Fear poster
4.0

A sheriff tracks down a killer who skinned a woman alive.

Midnight Fear

1991

Nutrition: The Consumer and The Supermarket poster
NR

Combines consumer interviews and an analysis of the products and merchandising techniques used in supermarkets to show shoppers how to select the best nutritional value for their food dollar. Explains the basic food groups available and explores the role of advertising, store layout, packaging, and labeling in consumer decision making.

Nutrition: The Consumer and The Supermarket

1976

Joy Ride: An Auto Theft poster
5.8

In the summer of '76, after pinball and complaining lose their thrill, Val and Tim steal their friend Randal's car. The boys pick up some girls, Kari and Vicki, and go for a ride up in the hills. They intend to return the stolen car before Randal finishes baseball practice, but their adolescent hijinks spiral out of control. The short film seems to be designed to make teenagers see that joyriding isn't just a bit of fun.

Joy Ride: An Auto Theft

1976

Joy Ride: An Auto Theft poster
5.8

In the summer of '76, after pinball and complaining lose their thrill, Val and Tim steal their friend Randal's car. The boys pick up some girls, Kari and Vicki, and go for a ride up in the hills. They intend to return the stolen car before Randal finishes baseball practice, but their adolescent hijinks spiral out of control. The short film seems to be designed to make teenagers see that joyriding isn't just a bit of fun.

Joy Ride: An Auto Theft

1976

Joy Ride: An Auto Theft poster
5.8

In the summer of '76, after pinball and complaining lose their thrill, Val and Tim steal their friend Randal's car. The boys pick up some girls, Kari and Vicki, and go for a ride up in the hills. They intend to return the stolen car before Randal finishes baseball practice, but their adolescent hijinks spiral out of control. The short film seems to be designed to make teenagers see that joyriding isn't just a bit of fun.

Joy Ride: An Auto Theft

1976

No artwork available
NR

A boy dreams that he is Thomas Edison after getting his kite stuck in a tree.

If at First You Don't Succeed...

1976

Nutrition: The All-American Meal poster
3.8

The increasing reliance of 1970's America on fast food meals is examined, and ways to improve on this diet are suggested.

Nutrition: The All-American Meal

1976

No artwork available
NR

A young boy works to repair and old man's greenhouse that he has vandalized, and slowly learns to appreciate the beauty he finds there. When the greenhouse is vandalized again, the old man and the boy work together to save "their" plants, discovering a new friendship and mutual respect for the feelings and property of others.

Greenhouse

1973

No artwork available
NR

Discusses advertising technique and the need for consumer protection.

Consumer Education: Who Needs It?

1972

No artwork available
NR

Film about the ecology and geography of the Atlantic Coast of North America, focusing on various types of animal life, rocky shores, sandy beaches, salt marshes, barrier islands, and other features of the shoreline.

The Seashore: Atlantic Coast

1973

No artwork available
NR

Film about the ecology and geography of the Atlantic Coast of North America, focusing on various types of animal life, rocky shores, sandy beaches, salt marshes, barrier islands, and other features of the shoreline.

The Seashore: Atlantic Coast

1973

No artwork available
NR

Children explore the city just by listening, and learn to know many things by their sound even before they can see them.

Use Your Ears

1974

What Is Nothing? poster
7.2

It’s summer vacation! School’s out and you have all the time in the world to hang with your best bud and...ponder the meaning of nothingness? In What is Nothing? we join two youngsters who, as all rascals do, sit around and contemplate the void.

What Is Nothing?

1973

No artwork available
NR

A young girl learns about the real nature of gift giving on her mother's birthday.

The Gift

1976

No artwork available
NR

A city park is a living community of plants and animals, with each life form dependent on all the others.

A Park Community

1974