- William Wisher was born on May 23, 1955 in the USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), The Terminator (1984) and Judge Dredd (1995). He was married to Deborah Lynn. He died on July 14, 2026 in Fullerton, California, USA.
- SpouseDeborah Lynn(? - July 14, 2026) (his death)
- Often works with James Cameron whom he has known since he was seventeen years old.
- His draft of the screenplay for Judge Dredd (1995) was darker, less goofy, and more serious, after the director hired two of his friends to rewrite Wisher's script, making it more comic book like, Wisher left the project. As a form of an apology, producer Andrew G. Vajna offered Wisher the chance to rewrite the script for Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995), which was in production.
- He has often performed uncredited script rewrites on films such as: Pumpkinhead (1988), A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child (1989), Judgment Night (1993), Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995), Broken Arrow (1996), Eraser (1996), Mercury Rising (1998), and Live Free or Die Hard (2007), among other films.
- As a kid he was a fan of the television shows Combat! (1962), F Troop (1965), and The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964).
- He had seen Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) seven times the weekend that it opened.
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