William Davies

William Davies (sometimes credited as William Davis or Will Davies) is an English screenwriter and producer. He has written and co-written several films, including Twins (1988), The Real McCoy (1993), the Johnny English franchise (2003-2018), Alien Autopsy (2006), Flushed Away(2006), How to Train Your Dragon (2010), Puss in Boots (2011), and Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile (2022). The British-born Davies is a graduate of Mercersburg Academy and Cambridge University. He is the brother of television producer Michael Davies and the opera singer Rebecca de Pont Davies. Description above from the Wikipedia article William Davies (screenwriter), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Works

How to Train Your Dragon

On the rugged isle of Berk, where Vikings and dragons have been bitter enemies for generations, Hiccup stands apart, defying centuries of tradition when he befriends Toothless, a feared Night Fury dragon. Their unlikely bond reveals the true nature of dragons, challenging the very foundations of Viking society.

Release Date2025-06-06

DepartmentWriting

JobCharacters

Vote Count2915

How to Train Your Dragon

As the son of a Viking leader on the cusp of manhood, shy Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III faces a rite of passage: he must kill a dragon to prove his warrior mettle. But after downing a feared dragon, he realizes that he no longer wants to destroy it, and instead befriends the beast – which he names Toothless – much to the chagrin of his warrior father.

Release Date2010-03-18

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count14446

Flushed Away

London high-society mouse, Roddy is flushed down the toilet by Sid, a common sewer rat. Hang on for a madcap adventure deep in the sewer bowels of Ratropolis, where Roddy meets the resourceful Rita, the rodent-hating Toad and his faithful thugs, Spike and Whitey.

Release Date2006-10-22

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count4120

Puss in Boots

Long before he even met Shrek, the notorious fighter, lover and outlaw Puss in Boots becomes a hero when he sets off on an adventure with the tough and street smart Kitty Softpaws and the mastermind Humpty Dumpty to save his town. This is the true story of The Cat, The Myth, The Legend... The Boots.

Release Date2011-10-27

DepartmentWriting

JobStory

Vote Count4616

Man vs Baby

As Christmas approaches, a blundering-all-the-way dad juggles housesitting a posh London penthouse with an unexpected pickle: caring for a lost baby.

Release Date2025-12-11

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Episode Count4

Vote Count215

Man vs Bee

Bumbling dad Trevor tries to get the best of a cunning bee while house-sitting a posh mansion — but only unleashes more chaos in this comedy series.

Release Date2022-06-24

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Episode Count9

Vote Count695

Johnny English

A lowly pencil pusher working for MI7, Johnny English is suddenly promoted to super spy after Agent One is assassinated and every other agent is blown up at his funeral. When a billionaire entrepreneur sponsors the exhibition of the Crown Jewels—and the valuable gems disappear on the opening night and on English's watch—the newly-designated agent must jump into action to find the thief and recover the missing gems.

Release Date2003-03-14

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count3823

Johnny English Strikes Again

Disaster strikes when a criminal mastermind reveals the identities of all active undercover agents in Britain. The secret service can now rely on only one man - Johnny English. Currently teaching at a minor prep school, Johnny springs back into action to find the mysterious hacker. For this mission to succeed, he’ll need all of his skills - what few he has - as the man with yesterday’s analogue methods faces off against tomorrow’s digital technology.

Release Date2018-08-30

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count2781

Twins

Julius and Vincent Benedict are the results of an experiment that would allow for the perfect child. Julius was planned and grows to athletic proportions. Vincent is an accident and is somewhat smaller in stature. Vincent is placed in an orphanage while Julius is taken to a south seas island and raised by philosophers. Vincent becomes the ultimate low life and is about to be killed by loan sharks.

Release Date1988-12-09

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count2531

Johnny English Reborn

The most prominent heads of state in the world begin gathering for a conference that could have a major impact on global politics. When MI-7 receives word that the Chinese premier has become the target of some high-powered killers, it falls on Johnny English to save the day. Armed with the latest high-tech weaponry and gadgets that would make even James Bond jealous, the once-disgraced agent uncovers evidence of a massive conspiracy involving some of the world's most powerful organisations, and vows to redeem his tarnished reputation by stopping the killers before they can strike.

Release Date2011-09-15

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count3603

Abominable

A group of misfits encounter a young Yeti named Everest, and they set off to reunite the magical creature with his family on the mountain of his namesake.

Release Date2019-09-19

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count2189

Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile

When the Primm family moves to New York City, their young son Josh struggles to adapt to his new school and new friends. All of that changes when he discovers Lyle — a singing crocodile who loves baths, caviar and great music — living in the attic of his new home. But when Lyle’s existence is threatened by evil neighbor Mr. Grumps, the Primms must band together to show the world that family can come from the most unexpected places.

Release Date2022-10-07

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count667

Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot

A tough police sergeant's mother comes to visit him, and promptly starts trying to fix up his life, much to his embarrassment. For his birthday she buys him a machine gun out of the back of a van, and begins to further interfere with his job and love life, eventually helping him with a case he's on.

Release Date1992-02-21

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count1127

The Letter for the King

Teenage squire Tiuri must deliver a secret letter to a king to prevent a war, embarking on a quest that reveals a magical prophecy and his own destiny as a hero.

Release Date2020-03-20

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Episode Count6

Vote Count262

Grumpy Old Men

For decades, next-door neighbors and former friends John and Max have feuded, trading insults and wicked pranks. When an attractive widow moves in nearby, their bad blood erupts into a high-stakes rivalry full of naughty jokes and adolescent hijinks.

Release Date1993-12-25

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count757

Mia and the White Lion

A young girl from London moves to Africa with her parents where she befriends a lion cub.

Release Date2018-08-02

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count921

The Real McCoy

Karen McCoy is released from prison with nothing but the clothes on her back. Before being incarcerated, Karen was the bank robber of her time, but now she wishes for nothing more than to settle down and start a new life. Unfortunately, between a dirty parole officer, old business partners, and an idiot ex, she will have to do the unthinkable in order to save her son.

Release Date1993-09-10

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count267

The Guilty

Callum Crane, a lawyer and would-be federal judge, jeopardizes his chances at a judgeship by forcing himself on his secretary. He then worsens the situation by trying to have the woman murdered. Further complicating matters, he assigns the task to a young man who, unbeknownst to Crane, is actually his son, Nathan. Nathan refuses to do the deed, but not before informing several people, one of whom tries to take on the job.

Release Date2000-06-01

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count93

Ghost in the Machine

After a freak, fatal accident, the soul Karl—aka The Address Book Killer—ends up trapped in the electrical grid. He targets Terry and her son for his next victims, turning home technology against them as deadly weapons.

Release Date1993-12-20

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count81

True Identity

In order to escape from the mob, an African-American man must disguise himself as a white man.

Release Date1991-08-23

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count32

Alien Autopsy

Humouristic reconstruction of the 1995 scandal when two British lads were accused of having faked a documentary from the Roswell incident in 1947.

Release Date2006-04-07

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count139

Short Time

As a result of a misdiagnosis, Detective Burt Simpson is told he has just weeks to live. He gains a new respect for his life and loved ones but learns that in order for his wife, Carolyn, and son, Dougie, to collect any insurance money, he must be killed in the line of duty. He then becomes the most reckless man on the police force, volunteering for dangerous assignments over the objections of his by-the-book partner.

Release Date1990-05-04

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count60

Student Exchange

Carol and Neil are are successful in terms of grades, but not very popular at their highschool. When Carol comes to know that two foreign exchange students from France and Italy were redirected to another school, she figures she and Neil could take their places and be in the middle of public interest for one semester.

Release Date1987-11-29

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count13

Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde

A scientist creating perfumes inherits his great grandfather Dr. Jekyll's formula and decides to use modern technology to improve it. He ends up as an ambitious, ruthless woman. She tries to prevent returning into the spineless man.

Release Date1995-08-25

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count57

Johnny English 4

The fourth installment in the franchise. Plot TBA.

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Ignition

A web of intrigue and conspiracy lies beneath the euphoria as the U.S. is about to put a man on the moon for the first time in over thirty years

Release Date2002-01-17

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count18