William Tannen

Raised in New York City, Bill graduated from Boston University and returned to New York to pursue a career in advertising. He created the famous "Girl Watchers" theme/campaign for Diet Pepsi Cola written by Sid Ramin. The campaign won 4 Clio's and the musical theme became a hit record produced by Bob Crewe of The Four Seasons and covered by over 100 artists. Bill then founded Sunday Productions to produce and direct television commercials. He also directed his first film, the short subject "Eulogy for R.F.K." which played at the New York Film Festival with "Battle of Algiers". The film was released theatrically by Grove Press and played the college circuit for years. Still available on Youtube. In 1972 Bill moved to Los Angeles and continued to direct award-winning commercials working all over the world. (He has won 5 Clios (Pepsi, Diet Coke, Air France, McDonald's & Ford). In 1984 Bill directed his first feature, "Flashpoint" for Tri Star and HBO. It starred Kris Kristofferson, Treat