William Gray is a Canadian screenwriter. He won the Genie Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for the 1980 supernatural horror film The Changeling, which he co-wrote with Diana Maddox.
Biography Born in Toronto, Gray worked as a rock music critic for the Toronto Sun before beginning a career in insurance. He was later hired by Paul Lynch to write the screenplay for the sports drama Blood and Guts (1978).
Gray co-wrote the screenplay for the supernatural horror film The Changeling (1980) with Diana Maddox. Gray and Maddox won the Genie Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Changeling.
Gray worked as a screenwriter for several other projects for director Paul Lynch, including the slasher film Prom Night (1980), and the horror films Humongous (1982) and Cross Country (1983). In 1984, he wrote the screenplay for the science fiction film The Philadelphia Experiment with Michael Hanover, followed by Black Moon Rising (1986), which he co-wrote with John Carpenter and Desmond Nakano.
Filmography Year Title Notes 1978 Blood and Guts 1980 Co-written with Diana Maddox Prom Night 1981 An Eye for an Eye 1982 Humongous 1983 Cross Country Co-written with John Hunter 1984 Co-written with Michael Janover 1986 Black Moon Rising Co-written with John Carpenter and Desmond Nakano 1987 Television film 1999 Killer Deal Television film 2008 Journey to the Center of the Earth Television film; co-written with Tom Baum
Accolades Award/association Year Category Nominated work Result Gemini Awards 1995 Best Writing in a Dramatic Series Robocop Genie Awards 1980 Best Adapted Screenplay
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