---
name: "Bill Borden"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bill-borden"
fi1m_id: "bill-borden"
imdb_id: "nm0096115"
tmdb_id: 57614
wikidata_id: "Q22247496"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 January 1950"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-04T22:47:12.238303+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Bill Borden

## Identity

Bill Borden

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bill-borden
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bill-borden
- **IMDb ID:** nm0096115
- **TMDB ID:** 57614
- **Wikidata ID:** Q22247496
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22247496, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0096115/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57614

Producer. Born 1 January 1950.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 1950
- **Active:** 1987–2006
- **Average Fi1m score:** 75, as producer, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 80 (2), 2000s 70 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 77 to 71 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 2, Music 2, Thriller 2, Action 1, Adventure 1, Crime 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $491m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22247496, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0096115/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57614

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*La Bamba*](https://film.one/film/la-bamba.md) (72)

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## Biography

Bill Borden is an American film producer. He began his career in the early 1980s with roles in location management on films such as *History of the World: Part I* (1981) and *Stripes* (1981), followed by associate producer credits on *Against All Odds* (1984) and *White Nights* (1985).

Borden's producing credits include *La Bamba* (1987), *A Midnight Clear* (1992), *Desperado* (1995), *Get on the Bus* (1996), *End of Days* (1999), *Kung Fu Hustle* (2004) and the *High School Musical* films (2006–2008). He has also worked as an executive producer and second unit director on several projects. Borden is a California State University, Northridge alumnus.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, encyclopedia.com, news.csun.edu.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *High School Musical* (2006), Fi1m 70, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/high-school-musical.md)
- *Mission: Impossible III* (2006), Fi1m 70, Supervising Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/mission-impossible-iii.md)
- *Midnight Run* (1988), Fi1m 88, Production Supervisor — [page](https://film.one/film/midnight-run.md)
- *La Bamba* (1987), Fi1m 72, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/la-bamba.md)

## Complete filmography (35)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Once Upon a Time in a Cinema* (2026), Thanks
- *The Legend of the Happy Worker* (2025), Producer
- *Throne of Elves* (2016), Producer, Writer
- *Ping Pong Rabbit: The Magic Paddle* (2016), Producer
- *Dragon Nest: Warriors' Dawn* (2014), Writer
- *Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure* (2011), Executive Producer
- *High School Musical China: College Dreams* (2010), Executive Producer
- *First Love* (2009), Writer
- *Animals* (2008), Producer
- *High School Musical 3: Senior Year* (2008), Producer
- *Viva High School Musical: Mexico* (2008), Executive Producer
- *Viva High School Musical: Argentina* (2008), Executive Producer
- *High School Musical 2* (2007), Producer
- *Meet the Robinsons* (2007), Co-Producer
- *Mission: Impossible III* (2006), Supervising Producer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/mission-impossible-iii.md)
- *High School Musical* (2006), Executive Producer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/high-school-musical.md)
- *Tiger Cruise* (2004), Producer, Second Unit Director
- *Kung Fu Hustle* (2004), Executive Producer
- *A Ring of Endless Light* (2002), Executive Producer, Second Unit Director
- *Ready to Run* (2000), Executive Producer
- *End of Days* (1999), Producer
- *Blackout Effect* (1998), Producer
- *Excess Baggage* (1997), Producer
- *Get on the Bus* (1996), Producer
- *Desperado* (1995), Producer
- *Body Language* (1995), Producer
- *A Home of Our Own* (1993), Producer
- *A Midnight Clear* (1992), Producer
- *The Man in the Moon* (1991), Associate Producer, Second Unit Director
- *Alien Nation* (1988), Production Executive
- *Midnight Run* (1988), Production Supervisor — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/midnight-run.md)
- *La Bamba* (1987), Producer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/la-bamba.md)
- *White Nights* (1985), Associate Producer
- *Against All Odds* (1984), Executive Producer
- *History of the World: Part I* (1981), Location Manager

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