---
name: "William Wisher Jr."
canonical: "https://film.one/person/william-wisher"
fi1m_id: "william-wisher"
imdb_id: "nm0936537"
tmdb_id: 2711
wikidata_id: "Q769868"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "23 May 1955"
died: "14 July 2026"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-21T03:19:11.266937+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."
---

# William Wisher Jr.

## Identity

William Wisher Jr.

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/william-wisher
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** william-wisher
- **IMDb ID:** nm0936537
- **TMDB ID:** 2711
- **Wikidata ID:** Q769868
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wisher_Jr., https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q769868, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0936537/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2711

Producer. Born 23 May 1955 in California, USA. Died 14 July 2026.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 23 May 1955, California, USA
- **Died:** 14 July 2026
- **Active:** 1984–2007
- **Also known as:** William Wisher, William H. Wisher Jr., William Howard Peter Wisher Jr.
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 4: 2 acting, 1 writing, 1 producing
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 80 (2), 1990s 88 (1), 2000s 65 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wisher_Jr., https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q769868, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0936537/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2711

## Streaming the US now

- **Hulu:** [*Terminator 2: Judgment Day*](https://film.one/film/terminator-2-judgment-day.md) (88)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

William Wisher Jr. (also credited as William Wisher Jr. and William H. Wisher Jr.) was an American screenwriter. Born on 23 May 1955 in California, he died on 14 July 2026 aged 71.

He is best known for his long collaboration with director James Cameron. Wisher contributed additional dialogue to *The Terminator* (1984) and received a co-writing credit on *Terminator 2: Judgment Day* (1991). His other screenwriting credits include the story and screenplay for *Judge Dredd* (1995), the screenplay for *The 13th Warrior* (1999), and work on the *Exorcist* prequels *Exorcist: The Beginning* (2004) and *Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist* (2005). He also appeared in small acting roles in several Cameron films.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, thewrap.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

### Performed in (2)

- *The Abyss* (1989), Fi1m 71, as Bill Tyler — [page](https://film.one/film/the-abyss.md)
- *The Terminator* (1984), Fi1m 88, as Policeman — [page](https://film.one/film/the-terminator.md)

### Wrote (1)

- *Terminator 2: Judgment Day* (1991), Fi1m 88, as Galleria Photographer / Cop (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/terminator-2-judgment-day.md)

### Produced (1) — the average rests on these

- *Live Free or Die Hard* (2007), Fi1m 65, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/live-free-or-die-hard.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

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

- *I.T.* (2016), Screenplay, Co-Executive Producer
- *Live Free or Die Hard* (2007), Executive Producer — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/live-free-or-die-hard.md)
- *Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist* (2005), Writer
- *Exorcist: The Beginning* (2004), Story
- *The 13th Warrior* (1999), Screenplay
- *Judge Dredd* (1995), Screenplay, Story
- *Terminator 2: Judgment Day* (1991), as Galleria Photographer / Cop (uncredited) · Writer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/terminator-2-judgment-day.md)
- *Desperado: The Outlaw Wars* (1989), Teleplay
- *The Abyss* (1989), as Bill Tyler — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/the-abyss.md)
- *Martini Ranch: Reach* (1988), as William Wisher
- *The Terminator* (1984), as Policeman · Additional Dialogue — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-terminator.md)
- *Xenogenesis* (1978), as Raj

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Hugo Awards 1992: Best Dramatic Presentation (won), for *Terminator 2: Judgment Day*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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