
William Dear
Bill Dear
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Emerging from Toronto, Ontario, Dear entered the visual-media field in the early 1970s by directing industrial films and television commercials, later gaining experience as a second-unit director on Paul Schrader’s “Blue Collar” and “Hardcore.” His breakthrough came when a music short for Michael Nesmith’s “Rio” led to the feature-length adventure “Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann,” establis…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
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